as
adverb
\ əz, (ˌ)az
\
\
Definition of as
(Entry 1 of 9)
1
: to the same degree or amount
as soft as silk twice as long
2
: for instance : such as
various trees, as oak or pine
3
: when considered in a specified form or relation
—usually used before a preposition or a participle my opinion as distinguished from his
as
conjunctionDefinition of as (Entry 2 of 9)
1
: as if
He looks as he had seen a ghost.— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2
: in or to the same degree in which
soft as silk
—usually used as a correlative after an adjective or adverb modified by adverbial as or so as cool as a cucumber
3
: in the way or manner that
Do as I do.
4
: in accordance with what or the way in which
quite good as boys go
6
: regardless of the degree to which : though
Improbable as it seems, it's true.
8
: that the result is
so clearly guilty as to leave no doubt
as is
as it were
: in the presently existing condition without modification
bought the clock at an auction as is
: as if it were so : in a manner of speaking
His retirement was, as it were, the beginning of his real career.
as
pronounDefinition of as (Entry 3 of 9)
2
: a fact that
is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent
as
prepositionDefinition of as (Entry 4 of 9)
1a
: like sense 2
They all rose as one man.
b
: like sense 1a
… his face was as a mask which revealed nothing.— Max Beerbohm
2
: in the capacity, character, condition, or role of
works as an editor
as
noun
\ ˈas
\
\
plural asses\ ˈa-ˌsēz
, ˈa-səz \
, ˈa-səz \
Definition of as (Entry 5 of 9)
1a
: a bronze coin of the ancient Roman republic
b
: a unit of value equivalent to an as coin
2
: libra sense 2a
As
abbreviation (1)Definition of As (Entry 6 of 9)
altostratus
As
symbolDefinition of As (Entry 7 of 9)
arsenic
AS
abbreviation (2)Definition of AS (Entry 8 of 9)
1
after sight
2
airspeed
3
American Samoa
4
Anglo-Saxon
5
antisubmarine
6
associate in science
as-
prefixDefinition of as- (Entry 9 of 9)
— see ad-
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