"such as" meaning in All languages combined

See such as on Wiktionary

Preposition [English]

Audio: en-us-such as.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} such as, {{en-preposition}} such as
  1. For example. Synonyms (for example): for example, for instance, e.g., like
    Sense id: en-such_as-en-prep-o8zsR43u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'for example': 94 6
  2. Like, of the kind mentioned.
    Sense id: en-such_as-en-prep-VRW8k2Zt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (like): οἷος (hoîos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), هَكَذَا (hakaḏā) (Arabic), زي كدا (zai keda) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), كدا (keda) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), com ara (Catalan), 諸如 (Chinese Mandarin), 诸如 (zhūrú) (Chinese Mandarin), zoals (Dutch), kiel (Esperanto), comme (French), მსგავს (msgavs) (Georgian), ისეთივე როგორც (isetive rogorc) (Georgian), wie (German), όπως (ópos) (Greek), כְּגוֹן (kegón) (Hebrew), come (Italian), como (Portuguese), тако́й ... как (takój) (alt: e.g. "такой день (denʹ) как ..." - a day such as ...) (Russian), тако́й как (takój) (Russian), как (kak) (Russian), как наприме́р (kak naprimér) (Russian), como (Spanish), örneğin (Turkish), gibi (Turkish), come (Venetian)
Disambiguation of 'like': 50 50

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for such as meaning in All languages combined (4.7kB)

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      "sense": "like",
      "word": "ისეთივე როგორც"
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      "sense": "like",
      "word": "כְּגוֹן"
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      "word": "come"
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      "roman": "takój",
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