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adj \ˈsəch, ˈsich\Definition of SUCH
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a : of a kind or character to be indicated or suggested <a bag such as a doctor carries> b : having a quality to a degree to be indicated <his excitement was such that he shouted>
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: of the character, quality, or extent previously indicated or implied <in the past few years many such women have shifted to full-time jobs>
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: of so extreme a degree or quality <never heard such a hubbub>
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: of the same class, type, or sort <other such clinics throughout the state>
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: not specified
Examples of SUCH
- She has published her first sci-fi novel and hopes to write more such novels.
- No such agreement was made.
- The magazine publishes articles about such varied subjects as astronomy, politics, and gardening.
- I've never heard of such a thing!
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Synonyms: akin, analogous, cognate, comparable, connate, correspondent, corresponding, ditto, like, matching, parallel, resemblant, resembling, similar, alike, suchlike
Related Words: commensurate, proportionate; tantamount, virtual; allied, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, connatural, kin, kindred, relatable, related; approaching, approximating, close, coextensive, coincident, conformable, conforming, consistent, consonant, duplicate, equal, equivalent, fungible, identical, indistinguishable, interchangeable, me-too, redundant, same, selfsame, substitutable, synonymous, twin; entire, homogeneous, homogenous, unchanging, uniform, unvaried, unvarying
Near Antonyms: disparate, distinct, distinguishable, nonequivalent, noninterchangeable; variable, varied, various, varying; imprecise, inaccurate, inexact; unconnected, unrelated
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