English

Preposition

such as

1. (idiomatic) For example.

   Waterbirds, such as the duck or the gull, are common in the area.‎

   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […]”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.

2. (idiomatic) Like, of the kind mentioned.

   I was never in a country such as that.‎

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or […] . And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

3. (idiomatic, formal) Those who.

   Such as have already done their work may leave.‎

Usage notes

In the sense of “for example”, such as is preferred to like in formal writing.

Translations

Synonyms

• (for example): for example, for instance, e.g., like (informal)

Anagrams

• as such