such

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English

Alternative forms

• sich, sech (dialectal)
• soch, soche (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌt͡ʃ/
• (dialectal, archaic) IPA^(key): /sɪt͡ʃ/, /sɛt͡ʃ/, /sʊt͡ʃ/ (see sich, sech)
• Rhymes: -ʌtʃ

Determiner

such

1. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
2. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.

3. (degree) Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
   1. (exclamative) Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.

      Synonym: what

4. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.

Usage notes

See notes for exclamative what.

Translations

Pronoun

such

1. 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.

Translations

Noun

such (plural suches)

1. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

• CHUs, Cush, cush, hucs

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsux]

Noun

such n

1. genitive plural of sucho

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːx

Verb

such

1. singular imperative of suchen

Middle English

Determiner

such

1. Alternative form of swich