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such

such

1.0
To a very great degree to show strong feeling or quality
  • adverb
  • /sʌtʃ/
translation icon : tan
  • And holy moly, this is such a sweet season.

Examples

  • And I thought, this is such a cool company.

  • And this is just such a beautiful day.

  • But obviously it's such a hard thing to change.

  • You guys made the first launch such a huge, huge success.

  • My husband is such a good, kind man.

  • Have you ever seen such a chic beach look?

  • And it was like we were seeing him in such a degraded state.

  • There's, I've been just such a lucky person.

  • You guys made the first launch such a huge success.

  • Have you ever seen such a chic beach look?

Idioms

such an asshole
  • Offensive
19 9.9

A very rude person who treats others badly

and such
8 5.7

Other things like the ones mentioned

to be such an arse
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To act rudely and annoy other people

to be such a barmpot
  • Offensive
9.9

Act in a foolish way

thus and such
  • Informal
9.9

To talk about things already mentioned when the details are not important

Compounds

No Such Agency
  • Informal
7.9

A joking name for the US spy agency used to say it is secret or not real

How Emphatic

extremely
∞ 1.0
such
1.0
so
∞ 1.0
really
∞ 1.0
quite
∞ 1.0
fairly
895 1.0

Surface Forms

such positive

Etymology

The word such comes from the same old English swylc, where swa ('so') and -lic ('like') joined to mean 'to that degree'. So we use such to emphasize how much or how strong something is before an adjective, or to show the exact kind we mean.