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such */*/*/
UK [sʌtʃ] / US determiner, predeterminer, pronoun
Summary:

Such can be used in the following ways: - as a predeterminer (followed by "a" or "an" and a singular noun): She's such an intelligent woman. ♦ It was such a pity that you couldn't be with us. - as a determiner (followed by a plural or uncountable noun): Such men are dangerous. ♦ We've had such awful weather lately. - as a pronoun: They want a 10% pay rise – such is the scale of their latest demand. ♦ The standard of living was such that someone earning £150 a month was considered rich.
1) of the type that is being mentioned

Why did this tragedy happen here and now? Such questions are easier to ask than to answer.

Surrender? No one would have dared to suggest such a thing.

just such a (= exactly this type of thing):

We drank Sergei's special vodka, which he had kept for just such an occasion.

such ... as:

On such a day as today, it's hard to imagine that things will ever be normal again.

such as:

Large and important projects such as this one often take years to develop.

as such:

If this is not genuine champagne, it should not be labelled as such.

2) used for emphasizing a quality in someone or something, or for saying that something is unusual

How can anyone live on such a small salary?

He has always had such compassion and such concern for others.

If it's such a secret, why did you tell me?

She's such a lovely person.

3)
a) used for saying that a particular type of situation, behaviour, action etc causes the result that you are mentioning
such (...) that:

He speaks to me in such a way that I always feel he is insulting me.

be such that:

Their relationship was such that they spent every possible minute together.

such is/was:

Such was Crowther's reputation in the city that no one ever questioned his judgment.

such as to:

The countess's treatment of her servants was such as to cause great resentment.

b) used for emphasizing a particular quality in something or someone by stating its result
such ... that:

It was such lovely weather that we decided to spend the day on the beach.

It was such an extraordinary story that no one believed a word of it.

be such that:

Their confidence was such that they spent £200,000 on TV advertising for their first album.

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...and such — spoken used for showing that you could add other things or people like the ones that you have just mentioned

I always feel so out of place, what with all this talk about computers and such.

...or some such — used when you are not sure whether the person or thing that you have mentioned is the right one, and so you are adding that it may be a similar one

Some of the dialogue is in Russian or some such language.

He'll probably say his car broke down or give some such excuse.

such ... as — formal used for emphasizing that something is not enough for a particular purpose

Such experience as I have is useless in this situation.

Such changes as they made were minor and did not go far enough.

there's no such thing/person as — used for saying that a particular type of thing/person does not exist

There's no such thing as luck.

I was six when I discovered that there was no such person as Santa Claus.


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