"suchlike" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sich like}} Middle English sich like, {{m|enm|suche-like}} suche-like, {{m|enm|swylk lyk}} swylk lyk, {{af|en|such|like}} such + like Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} suchlike (not comparable)
  1. Of the same or similar kind. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of the same or similar kind): asisoj (Albanian), tillë (Albanian), подобен (podoben) (Bulgarian), от този род (ot tozi rod) (Bulgarian), 之類 (Chinese Mandarin), 之类 (zhīlèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 諸如此類 (Chinese Mandarin), 诸如此类 (zhūrúcǐlèi) (Chinese Mandarin), samantapainen (Finnish), samankaltainen (Finnish), samanveikkainen (Finnish), derartig (German), sånn (Norwegian), slik (Norwegian), lignende (Norwegian Bokmål), sådan [dated] (Norwegian Bokmål), liknande (Norwegian Nynorsk), dilik (Norwegian Nynorsk), چنین (čonin) (Persian), тако́й (takój) (Russian), gibi ilgeç (Turkish), gibi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-suchlike-en-adj-AsxMWprq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: such like, such-like

Pronoun

Etymology: From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sich like}} Middle English sich like, {{m|enm|suche-like}} suche-like, {{m|enm|swylk lyk}} swylk lyk, {{af|en|such|like}} such + like Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} suchlike, {{en-pron}} suchlike
  1. Other things of the same kind or type. Related terms: of the like Translations (more of the same kind): sen sellainen (Finnish), (ynnä) muu (Finnish), choses de ce genre [feminine, plural] (French), mea pērā (Maori), slik (Norwegian), sånn (Norwegian), lignende (Norwegian Bokmål), sådan [dated] (Norwegian Bokmål), liknande (Norwegian Nynorsk), dilik (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-suchlike-en-pron-ke0cNTua
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: such like, such-like

Alternative forms

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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "more of the same kind",
      "word": "sånn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "more of the same kind",
      "word": "lignende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "more of the same kind",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "sådan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "more of the same kind",
      "word": "liknande"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "more of the same kind",
      "word": "dilik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suchlike"
}

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