such
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English such, swuch, swulch, from Old English swylc, swilc, swelc (“such”), from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz (“so formed, so like”), equivalent to so + -like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik (“such”), West Frisian suk, sok (“such”), Dutch zulk (“such”), Low German sölk, sulk, suk (“such”), German solch (“such”), Danish slig (“like that, such”), Swedish slik (“such”), Icelandic slíkur (“such”). More at so, like.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
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 very much of.
- The party was such a bore.
Related terms [edit]
- as such
- thus and such
- such-and-such
- such as
- suchlike
- such that
- suchness
- there's no such thing as a free lunch
Translations [edit]
like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context
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used as an intensifier
previously described
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Determiner [edit]
such
- (particularly used in formal documents) any
- the above address or at such other address as may notify.
Pronoun [edit]
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:
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Verb [edit]
such
- Second-person singular imperative present form of suchen.
