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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
such-and-such en · DET
Pronunciation
Meanings
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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.
Forms
Relateds
thus and so · thus and such · so-and-so
Translations (7)
ba фәлән-фәлән (indefinite; some or other) · fi se ja se (indefinite; some or other) · bg някой си (indefinite; some or other) · ru тако́й-то (indefinite; some or other) · ba фәлән (indefinite; some or other) · pt tal e tal (indefinite; some or other) · pl taki owaki (indefinite; some or other)
such-and-such en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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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:Every once in awhile, I get an email that questions my commitment to the Messiah, usually in the form of “if he believes such and such, then he must not believe that Jesus is God” or something like that.
2016 March 21, Skip Moen, “About Skip”, in skipmoen.com:We always rub our hands too much / We know the reasons, but such and such
2006, “Master of None”, performed by Beach House:
Forms
Relateds
so and so · x and x · x-and-x · so-and-so
Translations (19)
ar كَذَا (generic placeholder) · fi se ja se (generic placeholder) · ckb فِڵان و فیسار (generic placeholder) · pt tal e tal (generic placeholder) · fa فلان و بهمان (generic placeholder) · ru и то и сё (generic placeholder) · fr Untel (generic placeholder) · pl taki owaki (generic placeholder) · fa چنین و چنان (generic placeholder) · ja 何々 (generic placeholder) · it tal dei tali (generic placeholder) · ar كَذَا وَكَذَا (generic placeholder) · de dies und das (generic placeholder) · es tal o cual (generic placeholder) · ru то́-то и то́-то (generic placeholder) · eo tio kaj alio (generic placeholder) · grc δεῖνα (deîna) (generic placeholder) · cmn 某某 (generic placeholder) · es tal y tal (generic placeholder)