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as
[az, əz]
adverb
(as — as)
as (adverb)

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

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"
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"
because; since:
"I must stop now as I have to go out"
even though:
"sweet as he is, he doesn't pay his bills" · "try as he might, he failed to pull it off"
preposition

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"
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)

an ancient Roman copper coin.
Origin
Latin, ‘a unit’.
as-
[as, əs]
prefix

variant spelling of ad- assimilated before s (as in assemble, assess)
As
[ˌāˈes]
symbol

the chemical element arsenic.
AS
[ˌāˈes]
abbreviation
AS (noun)

American Samoa.
Anglo-Saxon.
Asperger's syndrome.
Associate in Science.
Assam.
A
[ā]
noun
As (plural noun) · as (plural noun)

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.
a shape like that of a capital A. See also A-frame, A-line.
"an A-shape"
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
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
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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
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
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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
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preposition
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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