such-and-such
such-and-such noun: a placeholder or generic thing.
Noun
such-and-such (plural such-and-suches)
- A placeholder or generic thing.
- It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.
- […] it has answered numerous questions as to what such-and-such a locomotive designer would have done, to keep pace with increasing demand for tractive power, had he held office for just a little longer.1941 June, “Great Northern 0-6-2 Tanks”, in Railway Magazine, page 256
Determiner
such-and-such
- indefinite; some or other, not stated
- I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.
such-and-such meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Arabic
such-and-such in Hindi
- such-and-such; such
- फ़लाना falānā
such-and-such in Tamil
- இன்னின்னார், இன்னின்ன
such-and-such in Gujarati
- such-and-such
- ફલાણું phalāṇũ, અમુક amuk
such-and-such in Arabic
- generic placeholder
- كَذَا وَكَذَا kaḏā wa-kaḏā, كَذَا kaḏā
More languagesFewer languages
- such-and-such in Persian
- فلان و بهمان folân o bahmân, چنین و چنان čonin o čonân
Forms of such-and-such
| plural | such-and-suches |
|---|---|
| alternative form | such and such |
Questions about such-and-such
- What does such-and-such mean?
- Such-and-such means a placeholder or generic thing.
- What is such-and-such in Hindi?
- Such-and-such in Hindi is फ़लाना (falānā). See Such-and-such meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is such-and-such?
- Such-and-such can be a noun or a determiner.
- What is the plural of such-and-such?
- The plural of such-and-such is such-and-suches.
Words near such-and-such in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: such-and-such (page history and authors); फ़लाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); such-and-such (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અમુક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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