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To be similar to something. / To be typical or characteristic of someone or something. / (informal, idiomatic, chiefly US and MLE) To say.

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be like

Source Word

be like

Verb

Multicultural-London-English US idiomatic informal

Japanese Meaning

～に似ている、似ている状態である / ～らしい、特有の特徴を示す / （口語）〜と言う、発言する

The new model often tries to be like the original, but with subtle improvements.

新しいモデルはしばしば元のモデルに似ようとしますが、微妙な改良が施されています。

Sense（1）

To be similar to something.

They are like their parents in this respect.

Sense（2）

To be typical or characteristic of someone or something.

Sense（3）

(informal, idiomatic, chiefly US and MLE) To say.

is like

（ present singular third-person ）

being like

（ participle present ）

was like

（ past ）

been like

（ participle past ）