such

CEFRA1

/sʌt͡ʃ/

determiner

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In plain English

  1. 01

    determiner

    Of the type or degree that has just been mentioned.

  2. 02

    determiner

    Extra detail

    Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.

Examples

  • A Japanese would never do such a thing.

  • This issue was of such importance that we could not afford to ignore it.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

determiner

Extra meanings

  1. Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.

  2. Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.

  3. A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.

More examples

In context

  • This is such a sad story.

  • After "reiterate" do not use "(yet) again" and other such expressions.

  • I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.

Synonyms

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Origin

determiner

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.