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📖 Определения и значения для слова such

📒 used to emphasize the great degree of something

  • This issue was of such importance that we could not afford to ignore it.
  • such a/an… Why are you in such a hurry?
  • It's such a beautiful day!

📒 of the type already mentioned

  • They had been invited to a Hindu wedding and were not sure what happened on such occasions.
  • He said he didn't have time or made some such excuse.
  • She longed to find somebody who understood her problems, and in him she thought she had found such a person.

📒 of the type that you are just going to mention

  • There is no such thing as a free lunch.
  • Such advice as he was given (= it was not very much) has proved almost worthless.
  • The knot was fastened in such a way that it was impossible to undo.

📒 and similar things or people

  • The centre offers activities like canoeing and sailing and such.

📒 as the word is usually understood; in the exact sense of the word

  • The new job is not a promotion as such, but it has good prospects.
  • ‘Well, did they offer it to you?’ ‘No, not as such, but they said I had a good chance.’

📒 for example

  • Wild flowers such as primroses are becoming rare.
  • ‘There are loads of things to do.’ ‘Such as?’ (= give me an example)

📒 of a kind that; like

  • Opportunities such as this did not come every day.

📒 used to say that there is not much of something or that it is of poor quality

  • The food, such as it was, was served at nine o'clock.
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