Definition of "as"
- adverb
To such an extent or degree.
In the manner or role specified.
For example.
- conjunction
In the same way that; according to what.
At the same instant that; when.
At the same time that; while.
Varying through time in the same proportion that.
Considering that, because, since.
Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
- preposition
Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
In the role of.
- noun
A libra.
Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
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