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[ adjective ] of a kind specified or understood
Synonyms Examples "it's difficult to please such people" "on such a night as this" "animals such as lions and tigers" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)`` Only a relative handful of such reports was received '' , the jury said , `` considering the widespread interest in the election , the number of voters and the size of_this city '' . Rep._Mac_Barber of Commerce is asking the House in a privilege resolution to `` endorse increased federal support for public education , provided_that such funds be received and expended '' as state funds . (The Dallas Morning News,...)The bill , which Daniel said he drafted personally , would force banks , insurance_firms , pipeline_companies and other corporations to report such property to the state_treasurer . The escheat law cannot be enforced now because it is almost impossible to locate such property , Daniel declared . (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Unfortunately , Brooks ' teammates were not in such festive mood as the Orioles expired before the seven hit pitching of three Kansas_City rookie hurlers . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of a degree or quality specified (by the `that' clause)
Synonyms Examples "their anxiety was such that they could not sleep" Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Particularly when based upon a single dominant party , governments may respond to such a situation by claiming a monopoly of understanding about the national interest . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)In_contrast_to this Stoic patristic view , Utopia implies that the nature of man is such that to rely_on individual conscience to supply the deficiencies of municipal law is to embark on the bottomless sea of human sinfulness in a sieve . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)These areas by_virtue_of their abrupt density of pattern , stated the literal surface with such new and superior force that the resulting contrast drove the simulated printing into a depth from which it could be rescued - and set to shuttling again - only by conventional perspective ; that_is , by being placed in such relation to the forms depicted within the illusion that these forms left no room for the typography except near the surface . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)He could no_longer build anything , whether a private residence in his Pennsylvania county or a church in Brazil , without it being obvious that he had done it , and while here_and_there he was taken_to_task for again developing the same airy technique , they were such fanciful and sometimes even playful buildings that the public felt assured by its sense of recognition after a time , a quality of authentic uniqueness about them , which , once established by an artist as his private vision , is no_longer disputable as to its other values . (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)She was such a well-rounded teenager , having been a twirler , Future_Farmers sweetheart , and secretary of Future_Homemakers . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] (intensifier) to so extreme a degree
Examples "he is such a baby" "Such rich people!" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)But can we any longer afford the luxury of such smug indignation ? (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Sometimes it takes several `` eatings '' of avocado to catch that delightful quality in taste that has made it such a favorite throughout the world . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)By the middle of the summer , many_of the larvae apparently receive such a good diet that it is `` optimal '' , and it is then that young queens begin to appear . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Electricity plays such an important part in community life today that it is difficult to envision a time when current was not available for daily use . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)This is why he made such a magnificent soldier . Related terms |
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[ pronoun ] pronoun, a person or thing of this type
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 24179
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[ adjective ] of so extreme a degree or extent
Synonyms Examples "such weeping" "so much weeping" "such a help" "such grief" "never dreamed of such beauty" Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)No previous antitrust_case , he said , had involved interests of such magnitude or presented such complex problems of relief . No previous antitrust_case , he said , had involved interests of such magnitude or presented such complex problems of relief . (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)For a moment he thought_of going_into Crosson 's office to explain that he had to leave , but there was now such a pain in his chest , such a pounding in his head , that he decided to let it go . For a moment he thought_of going_into Crosson 's office to explain that he had to leave , but there was now such a pain in his chest , such a pounding in his head , that he decided to let it go . Related terms |
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