Such

/sʌt͡ʃ/ · determiner

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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.
4. (obsolete or dialectal) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
5. A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
6. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.

Example Sentences

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

Really? Unfortunately, my mind refuses to bring any such memory forward.

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.

the above address or at such other address as may be provided

Unfortunately, it wasn't such a good holiday as we thought it would.

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Word Forms

• sich
• sech
• soch
• soche
• suches

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