word-vault/dist/data/cards/su/such.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "such",
    "partOfSpeech": "determiner, pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to emphasize the great degree of something",
            "sensetop": "such a/an…such is something that…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This issue was of such importance that we could not afford to ignore it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why are you in such a hurry?",
                    "contextForm": "such a/an…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's such a beautiful day!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such is the elegance of this typeface that it is still a favourite of designers.",
                    "contextForm": "such is something that…"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "of the type already mentioned",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They had been invited to a Hindu wedding and were not sure what happened on such occasions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He said he didn't have time or made **some such** excuse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She longed to find somebody who understood her problems, and in him she thought she had found such a person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were second-class citizens and they treated us **as such**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Accountants were boring. Such *(= that)* was her opinion before meeting Ian!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "of the type that you are just going to mention",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**There is no such thing** as a free lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such advice as he was given *(= it was not very much)* has proved almost worthless."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The knot was fastened **in such a way** that it was impossible to undo."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The damage was such that it would cost thousands to repair."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "and similar things or people",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The centre offers activities like canoeing and sailing and such."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "as the word is usually understood; in the exact sense of the word",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new job is not a promotion as such, but it has good prospects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Well, did they offer it to you?’ ‘No, not as such, but they said I had a good chance.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "for example",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Wild flowers such as primroses are becoming rare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘There are loads of things to do.’ ‘Such as?’ *(= give me an example)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "of a kind that; like",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Opportunities such as this did not come every day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that there is not much of something or that it is of poor quality",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The food, such as it was, was served at nine o'clock."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sʌtʃ/",
                "audio": "su/such/such__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sʌtʃ/",
                "audio": "su/such/such__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English swilc, swylc; related to Dutch zulk, German solch, from the Germanic bases of so and alike."
}