# such

Pronunciation: say "SUCH" /sʌt͡ʃ/

## Determiner

1. Like this, that, these, or those, comparing with something the context implies.
   - Simple: Of this or that kind, like the one just mentioned.
   - _Such behavior will not be tolerated._
   - _We had no idea that any such plan existed._
2. Used before a noun phrase for emphasis, meaning so great or so much of a ('such a long journey', 'such a waste!').
   - Simple: Used before a noun to make it stronger, meaning so great, so good, or so bad.
   - _Such a waste of good food!_
   - _Such courage, in one so young!_
4. In formal documents: any, whatever ('at such other address as may be provided'), usually followed by a clause introduced by 'as'.
   - Simple: Any, in legal papers, as in 'such other address as may be given'.
   - _The board may appoint such officers as it sees fit._
   - _Payment is due on such date as the parties agree._

## Pronoun

3. Used on its own, with no noun after it: a person, thing, people, or things of the kind already mentioned ('pens, pencils, and such').
   - Simple: A person or thing like the one just mentioned, as in 'such is life'.
   - _The hours are long and the pay is low, but such is the life of a junior chef in a busy restaurant kitchen._
   - _Bread, cheese and such were laid out on the table._

## Determiner

5. A certain; one already specified in words that are not repeated. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An old use meaning 'a certain', as in 'such a city'.

## Other meanings

- (noun) In philosophy, something indicated by its likeness to other things; a kind, as opposed to a 'this'.

## Origin

From Middle English such (also swuch, swich), from Old English swelċ, going back to Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz meaning "so formed, so like": essentially a combination of "so" and "like." It is related to Dutch zulk and German solch.

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