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English
Most common English words: can « made « did « #84: such » great » must » theseEtymology
Middle English, from Old English swilc, swylc
Pronunciation
Adjective
such (comparative more such, superlative most such)
- like this, that, these, those; Used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
- I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.
- Such is life.
- Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to so much of.
- The party was such a bore.
Related terms
- as such
- thus and such
- such-and-such
- such as
- suchlike
- such that
- suchness
Determiner
such
- (particularly used in formal documents) any
- the above address or at such other address as may notify.
Pronoun
such
- a person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned
- 1804, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, The Tatler, C. Whittingham, John Sharpe, page 315:
- These oraculous proficients are day and night employed in deep searches for the direction of such as run astray after their lost goods : but at present they are more particularly serviceable to their country in foretelling the fate of such as have chances in the public lottery.
- 1988, Miguel Urrutia, Setsuko Yukawa, Economic Development Policies in Resource-rich Countries, page 46:
- Thus, it is not the coffee boom as such which caused the stagnation of the manufacturing sector in Colombia.
- 2000, Terry Goodkind, Faith of the Fallen (ISBN 0312867867), page 238:
- Some are just no-good locals—drunks and such—who’d just as soon beg or steal as work.
- 1804, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, The Tatler, C. Whittingham, John Sharpe, page 315:
Anagrams
German
Verb
such
- Second-person singular imperative present form of suchen.
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