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

Grokipedia accurately states that as of October 2025, Wikipedia had more than 7 million articles in English, in the main entry about its older rival. —NPR, 29 Oct. 2025

Slow Horses season 6 has no firm release date, as of this writing, but Chung revealed to Schön that filming wrapped in February 2025, so fans won't need to wait too long. —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025

And, as of right now, there is no clear winner in the court of public opinion. —Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025

The Philadelphia Union, winners of the 2025 Supporters’ Shield for most points in the regular season, were reported as the lowest-spending team in the league as of Wednesday. —Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 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