such
Part of speech: det
pron
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
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.
Base: so
Inflected forms:
form: sich
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: sech
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: soch
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: soche
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: sich
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: sech
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: soch
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: soche
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: suches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sich
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sech
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: soch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: soche
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
pos: det
tags: demonstrative
examples: I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.
Really? Unfortunately, my mind refuses to bring any such memory forward.
After "reiterate" do not use "(yet) again" and other such expressions.
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
Adopting such titles as “Wild Bill” and “Pecos Pete,” Canadian dominants began practicing their craft and soon attracted throngs of adoring submissives.
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
gloss: Any.
pos: det
examples: the above address or at such other address as may be provided
gloss: Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
pos: det
examples: Unfortunately, it wasn't such a good holiday as we thought it would.
I spent such a lot last night (that) now I can't even afford a burger.
The party was such a bore. "Bottomless" is such a lie.
You're all such kind people!
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.[…].
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
gloss: Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
pos: det
examples: Such hypocrisy!
Such bouncy children you have.
Why, I was absolutely spellbound. She sings with such passion!
gloss: A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
pos: det
tags: dialectal
obsolete
examples: In rushed one and tells him such a knight / Is new arrived.
To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year.
gloss: A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
pos: pron
examples: Such is life, such as it is.
When applied to women, 'handsome' is used mostly of such as are middle-aged or elderly.
Such was her legal understanding that she navigated the negotiation with ease.
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.
'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
Some are just no-good locals—drunks and such—who’d just as soon beg or steal as work.
gloss: Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
pos: noun
examples: But granted that Plato does not accept the this-such distinction, why saddle him with the view that all things are thises, rather than all suches or perhaps even neither?
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: takový
lang: Dutch
word: zo'n
lang: Finnish
word: niin
lang: Finnish
word: näin
lang: Finnish
word: noin
lang: Finnish
word: aikamoinen
lang: French
word: tellement
lang: Galician
word: tan
lang: German
word: solch
lang: German
word: so ein
lang: Hungarian
word: ennyire
lang: Hungarian
word: annyira
lang: Icelandic
word: þvílíkur
lang: Irish
word: a leithéid de
lang: Pashto
word: داسې
roman: dâse
lang: Polish
word: taki
lang: Romanian
word: așa
lang: Russian
word: тако́й
roman: takój
lang: Northern Sami
word: ná
lang: Scots
word: sic
lang: Scots
word: sich
lang: Spanish
word: tan
lang: Spanish
word: qué
lang: Swedish
word: sådan
lang: Thai
word: เช่น
roman: chên
lang: Turkish
word: böylesine
lang: Turkish
word: bu kadar