such as
such as preposition: for example.
Preposition
such as
- For example.
- Waterbirds, such as the duck or the gull, are common in the area.
- 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.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […]”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32
- Synonyms:
- for example, for instance, e.g., like
- Like, of the kind mentioned.
- I was never in a country such as that.
- A plan such as you propose will never succeed.
such as meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi and Assamese
such as in Tamil
- கைத்தொழில், இப்பேர்ப்பட்ட, அநிலாமயம், ஆயுள் வேதம், அணுபட்சம், அறைவீட்டுநோய்
such as in Urdu
- جیسا
such as in Punjabi
- such as, for example, for instance
- ਜਿਵੇਂ jivẽ
such as in Assamese
- such as, for example
- যেনে zene
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- such as in Arabic
- هَكَذَا hakaḏā
Synonyms of such as
Questions about such as
- What does such as mean?
- Such as means for example.
- What is such as in Tamil?
- Such as in Tamil is கைத்தொழில், இப்பேர்ப்பட்ட, அநிலாமயம். See Such as meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is such as?
- Such as is a preposition.
Words near such as in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: such as (page history and authors); such as (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); such as (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਿਵੇਂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); যেনে (Assamese) (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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