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suchlikesuch‧like /ˈsʌtʃlaɪk/ pronoun spoken - The U.N. had to borrow from the fund to pay salaries and suchlike.
ways of saying 'and others' at the end of a list► etc British /etc. American an abbreviation for et cetera used at the end of a short list to mean 'and others of a similar kind'. When you say etc you pronounce it 'et cetera': · Near the exit was a stand selling sandwiches, hot dogs etc.· Please bring pens, pencils, rulers etc to the exam. ► and so on informal used when you expect someone to guess what the other things are: · When you leave, make sure you lock the doors and windows, turn off the heating and so on.and so on and so forth: · Jake does odd jobs around the house - mowing the lawn, cleaning the windows and so on and so forth. ► or/and whatever informal used when someone is making a choice and can have what they want: · Please help yourselves to tea or coffee or whatever.· The canteen isn't bad, you can have a salad, some soup and whatever.· If I buy him a giftvoucher for his birthday he can get what he likes, a record or whatever. ► and suchlike British and other things of a similar kind: · You could spend the day doing the garden, cleaning the windows and suchlike.· A fertilizer ideal for trees, bushes and suchlike. ► and suchlike- A fertilizer ideal for trees, bushes and suchlike.
- You could spend the day doing the garden, cleaning the windows and suchlike.
- Honestly, Ethel, she sounded really mad, wittering on about beetles up her pyjama leg and suchlike.
- Made him into a company with shares and suchlike.
- There's always rates and suchlike.
- These are mostly fairly straight forward with clear and concise instructions for jellies, jams, dumplings and suchlike.
- Use them to create images for brightening up your newsletters, reports, simple diagrams and suchlike.
- Whatever anyone says about muggings and suchlike up here, there'd be no one about at all in the back of beyond.
and suchlike and things of that kind: money for food, clothes, and suchlike—suchlike adjective [only before noun] |