"machiam" meaning in English

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        "3": "macam",
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        "5": "like"
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      "expansion": "Malay macam (“like”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Malay macam (“like”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Liew Geok Leong, Women Without Men, page 130",
          "text": "Kiasi cannot die; machiam machiam words",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Angel_Ling, “Tripadvisor”, in Tripadvisor.com.sg, retrieved 2015-11-01",
          "text": "Chennai (Madras) Photo: machiam our local pasar malam…",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014-07-30, Owl International, “Singapore, We Are Ok! (National Day Song 2014)”, in Youtube.com, retrieved 2015-11-01",
          "text": "Machiam rojak! Very messy but taste shiok right?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015-09-16, Irene Ang, “Twitter”, in Twitter.com, retrieved 2015-11-01",
          "text": "Wah machiam movie star leh. . So handsome!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Denise Tan, “Burpple”, in Burpple.com, archived from the original on 2015-09-24",
          "text": "Machiam hipster like that.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "like, similar to, resembling."
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        "(Singapore, informal) like, similar to, resembling."
      ],
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        "Singapore",
        "informal"
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    {
      "ipa": "/mat͡ʃam/",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "machiam"
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      "expansion": "Malay macam (“like”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Malay macam (“like”).",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Liew Geok Leong, Women Without Men, page 130",
          "text": "Kiasi cannot die; machiam machiam words",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Angel_Ling, “Tripadvisor”, in Tripadvisor.com.sg, retrieved 2015-11-01",
          "text": "Chennai (Madras) Photo: machiam our local pasar malam…",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014-07-30, Owl International, “Singapore, We Are Ok! (National Day Song 2014)”, in Youtube.com, retrieved 2015-11-01",
          "text": "Machiam rojak! Very messy but taste shiok right?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015-09-16, Irene Ang, “Twitter”, in Twitter.com, retrieved 2015-11-01",
          "text": "Wah machiam movie star leh. . So handsome!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Denise Tan, “Burpple”, in Burpple.com, archived from the original on 2015-09-24",
          "text": "Machiam hipster like that.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "like, similar to, resembling."
      ],
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        "(Singapore, informal) like, similar to, resembling."
      ],
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        "Singapore",
        "informal"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mat͡ʃam/",
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        "Singapore"
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  "word": "machiam"
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