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

And, as of now, their outfield might be a little too crowded. —Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026

Garbage drop-off locations, however, are likely to be closed, as will city animal shelters, though nothing had been finalized as of Thursday afternoon. —Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026

The Gemini app has over 650 million monthly users, as of November, and Gemini Enterprise exceeded 2 million business users within months of launch. —Paulina Likos, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026

Though those sales are just a fraction of the three billion iPhones Apple has shipped as of mid-2025, the glasses show that a product category that spent years as a punchline is finally gaining traction. —Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026

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