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Definition of as if
1 : as it would be if It was as if he had lost his last friend.
2 : as one would do if He ran as if ghosts were chasing him.
3 : that It seemed as if the day would never end.
4 —used to say that something is not true, not possible, will not happen, etc. “I am sure I am very affectionate,” said Dora; “you oughtn't to be cruel to me, Doady!” “Cruel, my precious love! As if I would—or could—be cruel to you, for the world!” — Charles Dickens ; sometimes used informally as an interjection to say that something suggested or claimed is impossible, incorrect, or ridiculously unlikely to be true A simple collection of songs? As if. How about a conceptual ode to London's millennia-old history? — Craig McLean Big budgets? High-priced actresses? As if! The film cost a modest $13 million, a figure achieved by not casting stars, but rather stars-in-the-making … — Nicholas Fonseca
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Examples of as if in a Sentence
she looked as if she wanted to ask one more question before we left
First Known Use of as if
13th century
AS IF Defined for Kids
as if
Definition of as if for Students
1 : the way it would be if It's as if we'd never left.
2 : as someone would do if They acted as if they knew me.
3 : 2that 1 It seemed as if the day would never end.
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