ALL meanings of as
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A a - conjunction as If something happens as something else happens, it happens at the same time. 3
- phrase as You use the structure as...as when you are comparing things. 3
- phrase as As is also a conjunction. 3
- phrase as You use as...as to emphasize amounts of something. 3
- preposition as You use as when you are indicating what someone or something is or is thought to be, or what function they have. 3
- preposition as If you do something as a child or as a teenager, for example, you do it when you are a child or a teenager. 3
- conjunction as You use as to say how something happens or is done, or to indicate that something happens or is done in the same way as something else. 3
- preposition as You use as in expressions like as a result and as a consequence to indicate how two situations or events are related to each other. 3
- conjunction as You use as to introduce short clauses which comment on the truth of what you are saying. 3
- conjunction as You can use as to mean 'because' when you are explaining the reason for something. 3
- phrase as You use as to to indicate what something refers to. 3
- phrase as If you say that something will happen as of, or in British English as from, a particular date or time, you mean that it will happen from that time on. 3
- conjunction as while; when; at the time that 3
- conjunction as in the way that 3
- conjunction as that which; what 3
- conjunction as (of) which fact, event, etc (referring to the previous statement) 3
- conjunction as since; seeing that 3
- conjunction as in the same way that 3
- conjunction as in spite of the extent to which 3
- conjunction as for instance 3
- adverb as used correlatively before an adjective or adverb and before a noun phrase or a clause to indicate identity of extent, amount, etc 3
- adverb as used with this sense after a noun phrase introduced by the same 3
- preposition as in the role of; being 3
- noun as an ancient Roman unit of weight approximately equal to 1 pound troy (373 grams) 3
- noun as the standard monetary unit and copper coin of ancient Rome 3
- abbreviation AS American Samoa 3
- abbreviation AS arsenic 3
- abbreviation AS altostratus 3
- abbreviation AS Anglo-Saxon 3
- abbreviation AS antisubmarine 3
- abbreviation AS Australian Standards 3
- noun as Associate in (or of) Science 3
- adverb as to the same amount or degree; equally 3
- adverb as for instance; thus 3
- adverb as when set off or related in a specified way 3
- conjunction as in the same amount in which or to the same degree to which 3
- conjunction as in the same manner that; according to the way that 3
- conjunction as at the same time that; while 3
- conjunction as because; since 3
- conjunction as that the consequence is 3
- conjunction as that 3
- pronoun as a fact that 3
- pronoun as that: preceded by such or the same 3
- preposition as in the role, function, capacity, or sense of 3
- preposition as like 3
- noun as an ancient Roman unit of weight, equal to about twelve ounces; libra, or Roman pound 3
- noun as an ancient Roman coin of copper alloy 3
- adverb as equally 1
- adverb as considered to be 1
- adverb as in the manner 1