such
pronunciation
How to pronounce such in British English:
UK [sʌtʃ]
How to pronounce such in American English:
US [sʌtʃ]
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- Adjective:
- of a kind specified or understood
- of a degree or quality specified (by the `that' clause)
- of so extreme a degree or extent
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- Adverb:
- to so extreme a degree
Word Origin
- such
- such: [OE] Etymologically, such means ‘so formed’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from *swa ‘so’ (ancestor of English so) and *līk- ‘form, body’ (source of English like). This reached Old English as swylc, which gradually lost its l and w and evolved into modern English such. Amongst its Germanic relatives are German solch, Dutch zulk, Swedish silk, and Danish slig.=> like, so
- such (adj.)
- c. 1200, Old English swylc, swilc "just as, as, in like manner; as if, as though; such a one, he" (pronoun and adjective), from a Proto-Germanic compound *swalikaz "so formed" (cognates: Old Saxon sulik, Old Norse slikr, Old Frisian selik, Middle Dutch selc, Dutch zulk, Old High German sulih, German solch, Gothic swaleiks), from swa "so" (see so) + *likan "form," source of Old English gelic "similar" (see like (adj.)). Colloquial suchlike (early 15c.) is pleonastic.
Example
- 1. Such ideas should be explored .
- 2. But such comparisons are wrong .
- 3. Do such comparisons make sense ?
- 4. Why is there such resistance ?
- 5. Such a body does exist .