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and the like

and the like phrase: and other similar items; et cetera.

Phrase

and the like

  1. (idiomatic, informal) And other similar items; et cetera.
    • And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace [...] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 93
    • Similarly, Fingilish usually refers to transliterated Farsi in chatrooms, text messages, and the like.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10
    Synonyms:
    and so on

and the like meaning in Bengali and Tagalog

and the like in Bengali

এবং অন্যান্য অনুরূপ আইটেম, ইত্যাদি

and the like in Tagalog

and the like
at ng katulad

Synonyms of and the like

Origin of and the like

From the 16th century. Replaced earlier and other like.

Questions about and the like

What does and the like mean?
And the like means and other similar items; et cetera.
What is and the like in Bengali?
And the like in Bengali is এবং অন্যান্য অনুরূপ আইটেম, ইত্যাদি. See And the like meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is and the like?
And the like is a phrase.

Words near and the like in the dictionary

  1. and that
  2. and that's final
  3. and that's flat
  4. and the church says amen
  5. and the horse you rode in on
  6. and the like
  7. and then everyone clapped
  8. and then everyone on the bus clapped
  9. and then some
  10. and what-not
  11. and whatnot

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: and the like (page history and authors); and the like (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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