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

Aftershocks data is as of Thursday, July 31 at 3:31 p.m. Eastern. —William B. Davis, New York Times, 31 July 2025

While the post garnered some criticism online, Parks hadn't deleted the post as of 3:30 p.m. July 30. —Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025

And so the company formerly known as Dotdash Meredith will, as of Thursday, go by People Inc. —Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025

Colin Cowherd discusses the small market teams that are dominating sports as of late, and if the Dodgers can bounce back fr... Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani left Wednesday night's game with medical trainers in the fourth inning. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 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