Found 4 items, similar to Such.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: such
demikian
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: such
begitulah, demikian, seperti itu
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: such
such
adj 1: of a kind specified or understood;
“it's difficult to please
such people”;
“on such a night as this”;
“animals such
as lions and tigers” [syn:
such(a),
such as]
2: of a degree or quality specified (by the `that' clause);
“their anxiety was such that they could not sleep” [syn:
such(p),
such that]
3: of so extreme a degree or extent;
“such weeping”;
“so much
weeping”;
“such a help”;
“such grief”;
“never dreamed of
such beauty” [syn:
such(a),
so much]
such
adv : to so extreme a degree;
“he is such a baby”;
“Such rich
people!”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Such
Such
\Such\, a. [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch,
swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to
OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G.
solch, Icel. sl[=i]kr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig, Goth.
swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. [root]192. See
So,
Like, a., and cf.
Which.]
1. Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar;
as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as
introducing the word or proposition which defines the
similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books
are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I
can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw
yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to
make them better.
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And in his time such a conqueror
That greater was there none under the sun.
--Chaucer.
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His misery was such that none of the bystanders
could refrain from weeping. --Macaulay.
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Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but
is placed between it and the noun to which it refers;
as, such a man; such an honor. The indefinite adjective
some, several, one, few, many, all, etc., precede such;
as, one such book is enough; all such people ought to
be avoided; few such ideas were then held.
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2. Having the particular quality or character specified.
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That thou art happy, owe to God;
That thou continuest such, owe to thyself. --Milton.
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3. The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the
kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. ``[It] hath such
senses as we have.'' --Shak.
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4. Certain; -- representing the object as already
particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
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In rushed one and tells him such a knight
Is new arrived. --Daniel.
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To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and
continue there a year. --James iv.
13.
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Note: Such is used pronominally.
“He was the father of such
as dwell in tents.” --Gen. iv. 20.
“Such as I are
free in spirit when our limbs are chained.” --Sir W.
Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to
substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible
storm that it put back.
“Everything was managed with
so much care, and such excellent order was observed.”
--De Foe.
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Temple sprung from a family which . . . long
after his death produced so many eminent men, and
formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] Such is used emphatically, without the
correlative.
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Now will he be mocking:
I shall have such a life. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] Such was formerly used with numerals in
the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or
ten times as many.
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Such and such, or
Such or such, certain; some; -- used to
represent the object indefinitely, as already
particularized in one way or another, or as being of one
kind or another.
“In such and such a place shall be my
camp.” --2 Kings vi. 8.
“Sovereign authority may enact a
law commanding such and such an action.” --South.
Such like or
Such character, of the like kind.
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And many other such like things ye do. --Mark vii.
8.
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