like that en · ADJ
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- (euphemistic, idiomatic, not-comparable) Gay; homosexual.
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
like that en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(adverbial) Used adverbially or adjectivally to indicate similitude, similarity, equivalent or comparable quality ▸ In such, the same, a similar way, in that particular manner
I can't believe anyone past the age of six would behave like that in public.
It happened just like that.
We don't talk like that around here.
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(adjectival) Used adverbially or adjectivally to indicate similitude, similarity, equivalent or comparable quality ▸ Of the same, a similar, that particular kind.
We don't say stuff like that around here.
I've never seen anything like that in my life. Folks like that I just can’t stand.
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(Singapore, Singlish) Used adverbially or adjectivally to indicate similitude, similarity, equivalent or comparable quality ▸ Used at the end of a sentence to emphasize a resemblance to something, reinforcing a previous instance of the preposition like (or a similar term).
Macham [like] monster like that. My eyes lagi [even more] worse.
2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 3, Island Talk 1:
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(adverbial) suddenly; unexpectedly.
Near-synonym: out of nowhere
He was playing in the yard and, then, like that, he was gone.
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Used to indicate agreement with another speaker's statement.
"And then the truck turned, the box fell out the back, and the truck just kept going." / "Yeah, like that."
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Synonyms
what he said · out of nowhere · all of a sudden · such · that way · of the/that kind · of the like · of that ilk. · of the/that sort · just like that · bam, wham · like so
Translations (67)
hu egyszer csak (quickly; unexpectedly) · got 𐍃𐍅𐌰 (in that particular manner) · ar كَذَٰلِكَ (in that particular manner) · nn plutseleg (quickly; unexpectedly) · fr de tel (of that particular type) · th อย่างนั้น (in that particular manner) · de so (in that particular manner) · ml അതുപോലെ (in that particular manner) · no sånn (in that particular manner) · fr ainsi (in that particular manner) · pl tak (in that particular manner) · cmn 如此 (in that particular manner) · cmn 這樣 /这样 (in that particular manner) · pt assim (in that particular manner) · ms begitu (in that particular manner) · eo tiel (in that particular manner) · sa यथा (in that particular manner) · ru так (used to indicate agreement) · ar هَٰكَذَا (in that particular manner) · es así (in that particular manner) · mhr саде семын (in that particular manner) · ru таки́м о́бразом (in that particular manner) · gu તેમ (in that particular manner) · ar كَذَا (in that particular manner) · eo tiel (used to indicate agreement) · hu úgy (in that particular manner) · ru так (in that particular manner) · fi niin (used to indicate agreement) · nb plutselig (quickly; unexpectedly) · fi juuri niin (used to indicate agreement) · pl w taki sposób (in that particular manner) · ru про́сто та́к (quickly; unexpectedly) · fi noin (in that particular manner) · tts จั่งซั่น (in that particular manner) · fr comme ça (comme cela) (in that particular manner) · da sådan (in that particular manner) · hu csak úgy (quickly; unexpectedly) · fr comme ça (of that particular type) · th ยังงั้น (in that particular manner) · pl w ten sposób (in that particular manner) · nv éigi ʼátʼéego (in that particular manner) · no sånn (of that particular type) · kix tèilīh (in that particular manner) · it così (in that particular manner) · fr du genre, de ce genre (of that particular type) · hu így (in that particular manner) · fr comme celui-ci/celui-là (of that particular type) · no slik (of that particular type) · tl ganoon (in that particular manner) · gu એમ (in that particular manner) · no slik (in that particular manner) · ar هكا (in that particular manner) · id begitu (in that particular manner) · fi yhtäkkiä (quickly; unexpectedly) · el έτσι (in that particular manner) · kix tèilīh (of that particular type) · la sīc (in that particular manner) · sa एवम् (in that particular manner) · th งั้น (in that particular manner) · fi tuolla tavalla (in that particular manner) · ko 그렇게 (in that particular manner) · ga ar an aiste sin (in that particular manner) · hu egyszerre csak (quickly; unexpectedly) · fr comme ceci (in that particular manner) · ary هكا (in that particular manner) · el τέτοιο (of that particular type) · ary هكدا (in that particular manner)