/sʌtʃ/
Translation
Of this kind, or used to make what follows stronger.
Word origin
From Old English swilc, meaning so like or of this kind, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- swilc
Examples
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"Such" makes "a nice day" stronger.
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"Such" points to a thing of this kind.
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"Such" adds strength to "kind".
Used in
Grammar articles
(12)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
English grammar test: 30 questions with answers (A2-B2)
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
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