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as Verb
as
- imperative of ase
Noun
as (plural asses)
- (unit of weight) A libra.
- Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
Pronoun
as f pl accusative (nominative elas, oblique elas, dative lles)
- them (feminine plural third-person personal pronoun)
Adverb
as (not comparable)
- To such an extent or degree.
- Youâre not as tall as I am.
- Its not as well made, but its twice as expensive.
- In the manner or role specified.
- The kidnappers released him as agreed.
- The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
- He was never seen as the boss, rather than as a friend.
- (dated) For example.
- 1913, ""Aboriginal"", in Websters Unabridged Dictionary:
- First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
Article
as f. pl.
- the
- As mesachas de Zaragoza = ""The girls from Saragossa""
Preposition
as
- Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
- You are not as tall as me.
- In the role of.
- What is your opinion as a parent?
- The movie features Al Gore as a streetwise pimp.
Conjunction
as
- In the same way that; according to what.
- As you wish, my lord!
- At the same instant that; when.
- As I came in, she flew.
- At the same time that; while.
- He sleeps as the rain falls.
- Varying through time in the same proportion that.
- As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
- Considering that, because, since.
- As itâs too late, I quit.
- Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
- Shes twice as strong as an ox.
- Its not so complicated as I expected.
- Theyre big as houses.
- (obsolete) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state ( subjunctive); âas thoughâ, âas ifâ. [13th-19th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:
- And sodenly there cam a sounde from heven as it had bene the commynge off a myghty wynde [...].
- c. 1616, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI part 2, First Folio 1623, I.1:
- Oft haue I seene the haughty Cardinall, / More like a Souldier then a man oth Church, / As stout and proud as he were Lord of all [...].
- (now dialectal) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. [from 14th c.]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:
- the temper is to be altered and amended, with such things as fortify and strengthen the heart and brain [...].
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