Definition of: such

(such) adjective
1. Of that kind; of the same or like kind: often with as or that completing the comparison: Such wit as this is rare.
2. Specifically, being the same as what has been mentioned or indicated: Such was the king's command.
3. Being the same in quality: Let the truthful continue such.
4. Being the same as something understood by the speaker or the hearer, or purposely left indefinite: a concise and elliptical use by which specification is avoided: the chief of such a clan.
5. So extreme, unpleasant, or the like: an emphatic or expletive use: We have come to such a pass.
—pron.
1. Such a person or thing, or (more commonly) such persons or things: by ellipsis of the noun: The friend of such as are in trouble.
2. The same; the aforesaid: I bring good tidings, for such the general sent.
—adverb So: such destructive criticism. [OE swelc, swilc, swylc]