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    as
    [az, əz]
    adverb
    (as — as)
    as (adverb)
    1. used in comparisons to refer to the extent or degree of something:
      "go as fast as you can" · "it tasted like grape juice but not as sweet" · "hailstones as big as tennis balls"
      • used to emphasize an amount:
        "as many as twenty-two rare species may be at risk"
    conjunction
    1. used to indicate that something happens during the time when something is taking place:
      "Frank watched him as he ambled through the crowd" · "as she grew older, she kept more to herself"
    2. used to indicate by comparison the way that something happens or is done:
      "they can do as they wish" · "she kissed him goodbye, as usual" · "dress as you would if you were having guests" · "as in the past, a collection is to be taken"
      • used to add or interject a comment relating to the statement of a fact:
        "as you can see, I didn't go after all" · "he has, as you know, called for a referendum"
    3. because; since:
      "I must stop now as I have to go out"
    4. even though:
      "sweet as he is, he doesn't pay his bills" · "try as he might, he failed to pull it off"
    preposition
    1. used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has:
      "it came as a shock" · "he got a job as a cook" · "they were treated as foreigners" · "as a dairy producer, you should evaluate and analyze your farm from many viewpoints"
    2. during the time of being (the thing specified):
      "he had often been sick as a child" · "as a student, my nickname was Space"
    Origin
    Middle English: reduced form of Old English alswā ‘similarly’ (see also).
    as
    [as]
    noun
    as (noun) · asses (plural noun)
    1. an ancient Roman copper coin.
    Origin
    Latin, ‘a unit’.
    as-
    [as, əs]
    prefix
    1. variant spelling of ad- assimilated before s (as in assemble, assess)
    As
    [ˌāˈes]
    symbol
    1. the chemical element arsenic.
    AS
    [ˌāˈes]
    abbreviation
    AS (noun)
    1. American Samoa.
    2. Anglo-Saxon.
    3. Asperger's syndrome.
    4. Associate in Science.
    5. Assam.
    A
    [ā]
    noun
    As (plural noun) · as (plural noun)
    1. the first letter of the alphabet.
      • denoting the first in a set of items, categories, sizes, etc..
      • denoting the first of two or more hypothetical people or things:
        "suppose A had killed B"
      • the highest class of academic mark:
        "a dazzling array of straight A's"
      • chess
        denoting the first file from the left, as viewed from White's side of the board.
      • the first fixed quantity in an algebraic expression.
      • (A)
        the human blood type (in the ABO system) containing the A agglutinogen and lacking the B.
    2. a shape like that of a capital A. See also A-frame, A-line.
      "an A-shape"
    3. music
      the sixth note of the diatonic scale of C major.
      • a key based on a scale with A as its keynote.
    Origin
    [short for get one's arse into gear]
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    conjunction
    1. used to indicate that something happens during the time when something is taking place:
      while
      even as
      simultaneously
      just as
      at the (same) time that
      at the moment that
      during the time that
      just when
    2. used to indicate by comparison the way that something happens or is done:
      like
      in the (same) way that
      the (same) way
      in the (same) manner that
      • used to add or interject a comment relating to the statement of a fact:
        which
        a fact which
        something which
    3. because; since:
      because
      since
      on account of
      for
      seeing that
      seeing as
      considering that
      on account of the fact that
      in view of the fact that
      owing to the fact that
      forasmuch
    4. even though:
      although
      though
      while
      whilst
      albeit
      however
      even though/if
      in spite of the fact that
      despite the fact that
      notwithstanding the fact that
      notwithstanding that
      for all that
    preposition
    1. used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has:
      being
      in the guise of
      with the appearance of
      in the character of
      so as to appear to be
      in the role of
      acting as
      functioning as
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