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say it: suhch
such is an adjective and adverb meaning "of so extreme a degree or extent". It carries 2 recorded senses.
of so extreme a degree or extent
“such weeping”
“so much weeping”
“such a help”
“such grief”
“never dreamed of such beauty”
to so extreme a degree
“he is such a baby”
“Such rich people!”
intensifier
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for such come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.