as

¹as

adverb \əz, (ˌ)az\

Definition of AS

1

: to the same degree or amount <as soft as silk> <twice as long>

2

: for instance <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>

Examples of AS

1. He was angry, but she was just as angry.

Origin of AS

Middle English, from Old English eallswā likewise, just as — more at also

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with AS

jazz, razz

²as

conjunction

Definition of AS

1

: as if <looks as he had seen a ghost — S. T. 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>

5

: while, when <spilled the milk as she got up>

6

: regardless of the degree to which : though <improbable as it seems, it's true>

7

: for the reason that : because, since <stayed home as she had no car>

8

: that the result is <so clearly guilty as to leave no doubt>

See Usage Discussion at like

— as is

: in the presently existing condition without modification <bought the clock at an auction as is>

— as it were

: as if it were so : in a manner of speaking

Examples of AS

1. The letter “k” is sometimes silent, as it is in “knee.”
2. She spilled the milk just as she was getting up.
3. I met him as I was leaving.

First Known Use of AS

12th century

Related to AS

Synonyms

when, so long as, while, whilst [chiefly British]

Related Words

but, if

Near Antonyms

after

³as

pronoun

Definition of AS

1

: that, who, which —used after same or such <in the same building as my brother> <tears such as angels weep — John Milton> and chiefly dialect after a substantive not modified by same or such <that kind of fruit as maids call medlars — Shakespeare>

2

: a fact that <is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent>

First Known Use of AS

12th century

⁴as

preposition

Definition of AS

1

a : like 2 <all rose as one man>

b : like 1a <his face was as a mask — Max Beerbohm>

2

: in the capacity, character, condition, or role of <works as an editor>

First Known Use of AS

13th century

⁵as

noun \ˈas\

plural as·ses \ˈa-ˌsēz, ˈa-səz\

Definition of AS

1

a : a bronze coin of the ancient Roman republic

b : a unit of value equivalent to an as coin

2

: libra 2a

Origin of AS

Latin

First Known Use: 1540

¹As

abbreviation

Definition of AS

altostratus

²As

symbol

Definition of AS

arsenic

Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

AS

abbreviation

Definition of AS

1

after sight

2

airspeed

3

American Samoa

4

Anglo-Saxon

5

antisubmarine

6

associate in science

as

abbreviation    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of AS

astigmatism