What is the meaning of As?

  • (adv.&conj.) Than.
  • (adv.&conj.) As if; as though.
  • (n.) An ace.
  • (adv.&conj.) Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
  • (adv.&conj.) Expressing a wish.
  • (adv.&conj.) In the idea, character or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
  • (adv.&conj.) For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences or citations.
  • (adv.&conj.) While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
  • (adv.&conj.) Because; since; it being the case that.
  • (adv.&conj.) That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
  • (n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
  • (n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
  • (adv.&conj.) Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.
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APAWebster's. (2011). as. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/as/definitions/1976162
ChicagoWebster's. 2011. "as" http://smartdefine.org/as/definitions/1976162 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWebster's 2011, as, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/as/definitions/1976162>.
MLAWebster's. "as" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/as/definitions/1976162>
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