if you like

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if you like

adverb

Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction. But imagine, if you like, a world where climate change did not exist.
So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard. This band's genre can be described as, if you like, New Wave or Post-Punk.
Similar: if you will

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adv please, kindly

中文	請 /请, 煩請 /烦请 fánqǐng

adv so to speak

中文	可以說 /可以说 kěyǐ shuō

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@misc{if_you_like_2026,
  title = {if you like},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/if%20you%20like},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}