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such ◆◆◆ /sʌ tʃ/ When such is used as a predeterminer, it is followed by 'a' and a count noun in the singular. When it is used as a determiner, it is followed by a count noun in the plural or by an uncount noun. 1 DET You use such to refer back to the thing or person that you have just mentioned, or a thing or person like the one that you have just mentioned. You use such as and such…as to introduce a reference to the person or thing that has just been mentioned. □  There have been previous attempts at coups. We regard such methods as entirely unacceptable. □  There'd be no telling how John would react to such news as this. ● PREDET Such is also a predeterminer. □  If your request is for information about a child, please contact the Registrar to find out how to make such a request. □  How can we make sense of such a story as this? ●  Such is also used before be . □  We are scared because we are being watched–such is the atmosphere in Pristina and other cities in Kosovo. ●  As such is also used. □  There should be a law ensuring products tested on animals have to be labelled as such. ●  Such as is also used. □  Issues such as these were not really his concern.

2 DET You use such…as to link something or someone with a clause in which you give a description of the kind of thing or person that you mean. □  Each member of the alliance agrees to take such action as it deems necessary. □  Britain is not enjoying such prosperity as it was in the mid-1980s. ●  Such as is also used. □  Children do not use inflections such as are used in mature adult speech.

3 DET You use such…as to introduce one or more examples of the kind of thing or person that you have just mentioned. □  …such careers as teaching, nursing, hairdressing and catering. □  …delays caused by such things as bad weather or industrial disputes. ●  Such as is also used. □  …serious offences, such as assault on a police officer.

4 DET You use such before noun groups to emphasize the extent of something or to emphasize that something is remarkable. [EMPHASIS ] □  I think most of us don't want to read what's in the newspaper anyway in such detail. □  The economy was not in such bad shape, he says. ● PREDET Such is also a predeterminer. □  You know the health service is in such a state and it's getting desperate now. □  It was such a pleasant surprise.

5 PREDET You use such…that in order to emphasize the degree of something by mentioning the result or consequence of it. [EMPHASIS ] □  His tongue swelled up to such a size that he could no longer speak clearly. □  These changes take place over such a long time that we don't see them happening. □  He was in such a hurry that he almost pushed me over on the stairs. ● DET Such is also a determiner. □  She looked at him in such distress that he had to look away. ●  Such is also used after be . □  Though Vivaldi had earned a great deal in his lifetime, his extravagance was such that he died in poverty.