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as (az; unstressed əz)

adverb

  1. to the same amount or degree; equally I'm just as happy at home
  2. for instance; thus a card game, as bridge
  3. when set off or related in a specified way romanticism as contrasted with classicism

Etymology: weakened form of also; ME as, ase < OE eallswa (see also); lit., wholly so, just as

conjunction

  1. in the same amount in which or to the same degree to which it flew straight as an arrow
  2. in the same manner that; according to the way that do as you are told
  3. at the same time that; while she laughed as she spoke
  4. because; since as you object, we won't go
  5. that the consequence is the question is so obvious as to need no reply
  6. though tall as he was, he couldn't reach it
  7. Informal that I don't know as I should

pronoun

  1. a fact that we are tired, as anyone can see
  2. that: preceded by such or the same the same color as yours is

  1. in the role, function, capacity, or sense of he poses as a friend
  2. like the risk is as nothing compared to the gain
as Idioms

as ... as

a correlative construction used to indicate the equality or sameness of two things as large as, as heavy as, as many as, etc.

as for

with reference to; concerning

as if

  1. as it (or one) would if
  2. that it seems as if you're never happy

as is

☆
Informal just as it is; without any changes: said of damaged goods being sold

as it were

as if it were so; so to speak

as of

☆
up to, on, or from (a specified time)

as though

as if

as to

  1. with reference to
  2. as if to
as2 definition

as (as)

noun pl. asses as′·ses (-iz, -ēz′)

  1. an ancient Roman unit of weight, equal to about twelve ounces; libra, or Roman pound
  2. an ancient Roman coin of copper alloy

Etymology: L

As definition

As

arsenic
AS definition

AS

  1. American Samoa
  2. Anglo-Saxon
  3. Associate in (or of) Science

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

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as Synonyms

as

conj., modif., & prep.

  1. While

    in the process of, in the act of, on the point of; see while 1.

  2. Because

    since, inasmuch as, for the reason that; see because.

  3. To the same degree

    in the same way, in the same manner, equally, comparatively, similarly.

  4. For a given purpose, end, use, etc

    just as, qua (Latin), just for, serving as, functioning as, acting as, in the capacity of, being, in and of itself, by its nature, essentially.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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