as
IPA: ˈæz
noun
- (unit of weight) A libra.
- (numismatics) Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
- (rare) Alternative form of a's.
- Initialism of Anglo-Saxon. [(now rare) Synonym of Old English (language).]
- Abbreviation of Assam. [A state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur.]
- (education, UK, historical) Initialism of Advanced Supplementary.
- (education, UK) Initialism of Advanced Subsidiary.
- (cardiology) Initialism of aortic stenosis.
- (neurology) Initialism of Asperger's syndrome. [(dated, uncountable, neurology) An autism-related developmental disorder characterised by sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by repetitive behaviour as well as restricted interests and routines.]
- (medicine) Initialism of ankylosing spondylitis. [(pathology) A particular arthritis disease that affects usually the joints between vertebrae and the sacroiliac joint.]
- (Internet) Initialism of autonomous system.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary submarine: a naval tender, a submarine tender that tends to submarines
- (Java programming language) Initialism of application server.
adverb
- To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
- Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
- (dated) For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)
- (New Zealand, slang) Used to intensify an adjective; very much; extremely
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Examples of "as" in Sentences
- But that is not the same as seeing it as * the same as* Christian marriage.
- Green Square and Mascot Suburban are part of the airport line and attract higher fares, though not _as_ high as the two airport stops.
- But one of the main problems with criticism in general is that as an obligatory gesture it has to take whatever its object is *as* itself.
- "Very good," interrupted Jack; "but the words 'when' and 'as soon as' imply a great deal; _when_, or _as soon as_, we know anything, the mystery of course disappears.
- June 19, 2010 at 3:08 am reedin to teh deff and performin a mym sho to teh blynd – feeding teh nakey and cloevin teh hungrees – werkin at teh LCB soop kitchin…..as far as yu kno!
- The recall — by far the largest refrigerator safety recall — involves certain side-by-side and top-freezer models made by Maytag under its own brand as well as Jenn-Air, Amana, Admiral, Magic Chef, Performa by Maytag, and Crosley.
- In all of our countries women have been in the� forefront of the struggle for freedom and liberation, not� only for themselves but for others, as well as� themselves, to create democracies instead of� hypocrisies which seek to deny them equality.
- If i had the money or networking to make a perfume then i sure as hell would do it and then lay naked while some hott as* model sprayed it on me and call that perfume “sex in a bottle” meow. jk. but really shes hot and has a hot body so flaunt it while it looks good.
- In the fuller passage it sounds to me as though Obama is arguing that the civil rights movement had so many successes through the courts that they began to rely on the courts to provide redistribution of wealth -- which was a tragedy _as a strategy_, because it curtailed on-the-ground measures that could have brought about redistributions by other means, without the involvement of courts.
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