English Explanatory Dictionary

such

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
  2. Any.
  3. Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
  4. Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.
  5. A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
pron
  1. A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
noun
  1. Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/sʌt͡ʃ/ /sɪt͡ʃ/ /sɛt͡ʃ/ /sʊt͡ʃ/ en-us-such.ogg

Word forms

such sich sech soch soche suches Suchs

Etymology

From Middle English such, swuch, swich, swilch, swulch, from Old English swelċ, from Proto-West Germanic *swalīk, from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz (“so formed, so like”), equivalent to so + like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik (“such”), Saterland Frisian suk (“such”), West Frisian suk, sok (“such”), Low German sülk, sulk, suk (“such”), Dutch zulk (“such”), German solch (“such”), Danish slig (“like that, such”), Swedish slik (“such”), Icelandic slíkur (“such”). More at so, like.

Synonyms

what

Derived words

and such as such many such cases nonesuch no such luck no such thing some such such-and-such such and such such as such a waste suchlike such like suchly suchness such or such such that suchwise there's no such thing as a free lunch thus and such until such time as

Translations

Czech: takový Dutch: zo'n Finnish: niin Finnish: näin Finnish: noin Finnish: aikamoinen French: tellement Galician: tan German: solch German: so ein Hungarian: ennyire Hungarian: annyira Icelandic: þvílíkur Irish: a leithéid de Pashto: داسې Polish: taki Romanian: așa Russian: тако́й Northern Sami: ná Scots: sic Scots: sich Spanish: tan Spanish: qué Swedish: sådan Thai: เช่น Turkish: böylesine Turkish: bu kadar
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