suchpredeterminer, determiner
uk/sʌtʃ/us/sʌtʃ/A2 used before a noun or noun phrase to add emphasis:
That's such a good film.
It seems like such a long way to drive for just one day.
You're such an idiot!
Such cruelty really is beyond my comprehension.
It was such a small room that the bed only just fit.
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- She's got such a cheeky grin.
- He's such a child if he doesn't get his own way.
- I never knew you were such a good dancer.
- I really admire people who can work in such difficult conditions.
- That was such a sad film.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- awful
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- deadly
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- thumping
- whole
- wide
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suchpredeterminer, determiner, pronoun
uk/sʌtʃ/us/sʌtʃ/B2 of a particular or similar type:
Small companies such as ours are very vulnerable in a recession.
I'm looking for a cloth for cleaning silver. Do you have such a thing?
Present on this grand occasion were Andrew Davies, Melissa Peters, and other such stars.
I tried to tell her in such a way that she wouldn't get offended.
He said it was an Edwardian washstand or some such thing - I can't remember exactly.
old-fashioned informal I just bought one or two things - bread and milk and such (also suchlike).
formal Our lunch was such (= of a type) that we don't really need dinner.
such as
A2 for example:
That money is to cover costs such as travel and accommodation.
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- Who in the world could do such a thing?
- He worded the reply in such a way that he did not admit making the original error.
- I was merely questioning whether we have the money to fund such a project.
- Tickets for such events will typically cost around 30 dollars.
- He doesn't often make such offers.
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Similar and the same
- a level playing field idiom
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- approach
- clock
- difference
- equal
- every inch idiom
- firm
- homogeneous
- homogenous
- identical
- inch
- resemblance
- Rome
- same
- same difference idiom
- same old same old idiom
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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
Idiom(s)
such as it is
such is life
there's no such thing/person (as)
suchnoun
uk/sʌtʃ/us/sʌtʃ/as such
in the true or exact meaning of the word or phrase:
There wasn't much vegetarian food as such, although there were several different types of cheese.
We don't have a secretary as such, but we do have a student who comes in to do some filing.
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Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- aright
- authoritative
- bang
- be bang on idiom
- exact
- exactly
- flat
- in so many words idiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- letter-perfect
- literal
- strictly speaking idiom
- technically
- to the day idiom
- to the letter idiom
- truly
- unerring
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