The Word is:”like”
like 1
/lʌɪk/
preposition
1.having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.
“he used to have a car like mine”
synonyms: similar to, the same as, identical to
“you’re just like a teacher”
2.used to draw attention to the nature of an action or event.
“I apologize for coming over unannounced like this”
“he used to have a car like mine”
synonyms: similar to, the same as, identical to
“you’re just like a teacher”
2.used to draw attention to the nature of an action or event.
“I apologize for coming over unannounced like this”
conjunction informal
1.in the same way that; as.
“people who change countries like they change clothes”
2.as though; as if.
“I felt like I’d been kicked by a camel”
“people who change countries like they change clothes”
2.as though; as if.
“I felt like I’d been kicked by a camel”
noun
1.used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another.
“the quotations could be arranged to put like with like”
“the quotations could be arranged to put like with like”
adjective
1.(of a person or thing) having similar qualities or characteristics to another person or thing.
“I responded in like manner”
synonyms: similar, much the same, more or less the same, not unlike, comparable, corresponding, correspondent, resembling, alike, approximating, analogous, parallel, equivalent, cognate, related, of a kind, akin, kindred; More
“I responded in like manner”
synonyms: similar, much the same, more or less the same, not unlike, comparable, corresponding, correspondent, resembling, alike, approximating, analogous, parallel, equivalent, cognate, related, of a kind, akin, kindred; More
adverb
1.informal
used in speech as a meaningless filler or to signify the speaker’s uncertainty about an expression just used.
“there was this funny smell—sort of dusty like”
2.informal
used to convey a person’s reported attitude or feelings in the form of direct speech (whether or not representing an actual quotation).
“so she comes into the room and she’s like ‘Where is everybody?’”
used in speech as a meaningless filler or to signify the speaker’s uncertainty about an expression just used.
“there was this funny smell—sort of dusty like”
2.informal
used to convey a person’s reported attitude or feelings in the form of direct speech (whether or not representing an actual quotation).
“so she comes into the room and she’s like ‘Where is everybody?’”
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