Meaning of like that | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used adverbially or adjectivally to indicate similitude, similarity, equivalent or comparable quality
   adverbial
2. In such, the same, a similar way, in that particular manner
   adverbial
3. Of the same, a similar, that particular kind.
   adjectival
4. 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).
   Singapore, Singlish
5. suddenly; unexpectedly.
   adverbial
6. Used to indicate agreement with another speaker's statement.

Equivalents

Examples

“We don't talk like that around here.”

“I can't believe anyone past the age of six would behave like that in public.”

“It happened just like that.”

“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.”

“Macham [like] monster like that. My eyes lagi [even more] worse.”

“Near-synonym: out of nowhere”

“He was playing in the yard and, then, like that, he was gone.”

“"And then the truck turned, the box fell out the back, and the truck just kept going." / "Yeah, like that."”

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