Definition/Meaning of such

• English - Determiner: such ( demonstrative ) Like this , that , these , those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context . I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before . Such is life . ( particularly used in formal documents ) Any . the above address or at such other address as may notify Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of . The party was such a bore . 1879 , Richard…
• English - Pronoun: such 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
• English - Alternative forms: sich , sech ( dialectal ) soch , soche ( obsolete )
• English - Etymology: From Middle English such , swuch , swulch , from Old English swylc , swilc , swelc ( “ such ” ), from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz ( “ so formed , so like ” ), equivalent to so +‎ -like . Cognate with Scots swilk , sic , sik ( “ such ” ), West Frisian suk , sok ( “ such ” ), Dutch zulk ( “ such ” ), Low German sölk , sulk , suk ( “ such ” ), German solch ( “ such ” ), Danish slig ( “ like that ,…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /sʌt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌtʃ