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such

 
 
/sʌtʃ/ pronoun, determiner

Translation

REFER TO used to refer to something or someone that you were just talking about, or something or someone of that type
böyle, bu gibi, bunun gibi
It's difficult to know how to treat such cases.1878
FOR EMPHASIS used to emphasize a quality of someone or something
bu kadar, o kadar, öylesine
She's such a nice person. It's such a shame that he's leaving.1245
such as for example
örneğin, meselâ, söz gelimi, benzeri
She can't eat dairy products, such as milk and cheese.1748
as such used after a word or phrase in negative statements to mean in the exact meaning of that word or phrase
aslında, esasında, başlı başına
There are no rules as such, just a few guidelines.1893
such...that used to talk about the result of something
öylesine ... ki; okadar ...ki
The whole thing was such a worry that I began to lose sleep over it.
there's no such thing/person (as)... used to say that something or someone does not exist
(gibi) böyle bir şey/kimse yok
There's no such thing as ghosts.2301
(Definition of such pronoundeterminer from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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