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SUCH
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of so extreme a degree or extent
Example:
never dreamed of such beauty
Classified under:
Similar:
much ((quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To so extreme a degree
Example:
Such rich people!
Classified under:
Domain usage:
intensifier; intensive (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies)
Context examples:
You can imagine, Dr. Watson, how pleased I was at such an extraordinary bit of good fortune.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Here's this squire and doctor with a map and such—I don't know where it is, do I?
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Abiraterone acetate lowers the amount of androgens (male hormones), such as testosterone, made by the body.
(Abiraterone acetate, NCI Dictionary)
Would not such a request rather rouse his suspicions and cause him to fly?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It may be used in the treatment of certain types of cancer, such as prostate cancer, urethral cancer, and intraocular (eye) melanoma.
(Active surveillance, NCI Dictionary)
Never had Buck seen such dogs.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Such was the impression of strength I gathered from this man who paced up and down.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
She had such a frightened little voice that Dorothy stopped and said, "Why not?"
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Elizabeth could not conceive how such an absurd suspicion should occur to her, and indignantly answered for each party's perfectly knowing their situation.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
“How came he, then, to such a crime?” asked my father.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
