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Definition of as though

: as if
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as, as if, like

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Examples of as though in a Sentence

the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet

First Known Use of as though

12th century, in the meaning defined above

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asthore

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astichous

astigmat

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The first known use of as though was in the 12th century

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