or words to that effect

English

Pronunciation

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Phrase

or words to that effect

1. (idiomatic) used to indicate a paraphrase or the chance of an error in the details of reported speech.

   Synonym: OWTTE (initialism)

   Antonyms: in so many words, verbatim

   When he hit his finger with the hammer, he said "ouch" or words to that effect.

   • 2004 August, Doug Stewart, “Shore Thing.”, in Smithsonian, volume 34, number 5, page 90:

     they were beyond earshot of the American commander, Capt. James Lawrence, who implored his men: "Don't give up the ship!" (or words to that effect).

Translations

used to indicate a paraphrase

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կամ դրա տիպ մի բան (kam dra tip mi ban), կամ այս կարգի մի բան (kam ays kargi mi ban), կամ սրա նման մի բան (kam sra nman mi ban)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 之類的話, 之类的话 (zhīlèi de huà), 或諸如此類的話, 或诸如此类的话 (huò zhūrúcǐlèi de huà)

• Dutch: of woorden van die strekking
• Finnish: tai jotakin vastaavaa (fi)
• French: quelque chose du même genre
• German: sinngemäß gesagt
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: coś w tym stylu
• Portuguese: ou algo assim
• Russian: и́ли что́-то в э́том ро́де (íli štó-to v étom róde)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• something like that