Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Singlish, not comparable)What if, lest (something problematic or unanticipated happens)

  2. (Singlish, not comparable)Suddenly and unexpectedly.

Origin

Semantic shift from Malay sekali (“once”).

Semantic shift from Malay sekali (“once”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
laterA1

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsomemore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
seitanseizeB1seizureseldomB2selectB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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