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Definitions


[əz], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- used in comparisons to refer to the extent or degree of something
(e.g: go as fast as you can)


Phrases:
- as against
- as and when
- as for
- as if
- as it is
- as it were
- as of
- as to
- as was
- as yet
- as you do

Origin:
Middle English: reduced form of Old English alswā ‘similarly’ (see also)


[əz], (Conjunction)

Definitions:
- used to indicate that something happens during the time when something else is taking place
(e.g: Frank watched him as he ambled through the crowd)

- used to indicate by comparison the way that something happens or is done
(e.g: they can do as they wish)

- because; since
(e.g: I must stop now as I have to go out)

- even though
(e.g: sweet as he is, he doesn't pay his bills)


Phrases:
- as against
- as and when
- as for
- as if
- as it is
- as it were
- as of
- as to
- as was
- as yet
- as you do

Origin:
Middle English: reduced form of Old English alswā ‘similarly’ (see also)


[əz], (Preposition)

Definitions:
- used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has
(e.g: it came as a shock)

- during the time of being (the thing specified)
(e.g: he had often been ill as a child)


Phrases:
- as against
- as and when
- as for
- as if
- as it is
- as it were
- as of
- as to
- as was
- as yet
- as you do

Origin:
Middle English: reduced form of Old English alswā ‘similarly’ (see also)


[as], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an ancient Roman copper coin


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Origin:
Latin, ‘a unit’


[], (Symbol)

Definitions:
- the chemical element arsenic


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[], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- Anglo-Saxon

- Assam


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