as of

preposition

: on, at, from

—used to indicate a time or date at which something begins or ends

takes effect as of July 1

As of now, it's difficult to tell in a cancer's early stage which patients have which kind of tumor.

—Melinda Beck

As of last year [2010], women held 51.4 percent of all managerial and professional positions, up from 26 percent in 1980 …

—Kate Bolick

Examples of as of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No deaths have been reported as of early Friday, CNN affiliate KFOX said. —Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 18 July 2025

Without advance warning, Microsoft’s Movies & TV app as of Friday has stopped sales and rentals for movies and TV shows. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 July 2025

Two more suspects in the July 5 shooting at Sara Sims Park in Boynton Beach were booked into jail this week, bringing the total number of men arrested as of Friday to three, court records show. —Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2025

The ticket hadn’t been claimed as of Monday, July 7, a lottery spokesperson told McClatchy News. —Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 7 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for as of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove

Kids Definition

as of

preposition

: on entry 1 sense 3, at

we begin work as of Tuesday

as of the moment, things are fine