as

Meanings

Plural: ases, asses

Noun

• a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
• a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
• a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
• any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes
• one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
• (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
• the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
• the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
• the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
• A libra.
• Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
• Alternative form of a's.

Adverb

• to the same degree (often followed by `as')
  • "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"
  • "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"
  • "he is every bit as mean as she is"

Adv

• To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
• Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
• For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)
• Used to intensify an adjective; very much; extremely

Conj

• In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
• Used after so or as to introduce a comparison.
• In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
• Used to introduce a result: with the result that it is; as to
• In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
• Expressing concession: though.
• In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
• At the time that; during the time when:
• At the same instant or moment that: when.
• At the time that; during the time when:
• At the same time that, during the same time when: while.
• At the time that; during the time when:
• Varying through time in the same proportion that.
• Being that, considering that, because, since.
• Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive, or with the verb elided): as though, as if.
• used before a preposition to clarify that the prepositional phrase restricts the meaning of the sentence; specifically.
• Functioning as a relative conjunction, and sometimes like a relative pronoun: that, which, who. (See usage notes.)
• Than.

Prep

• Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
• In the role of.
• In the form of.

Synonyms

A, a, adenine, albeit, although, American Samoa, amp, ampere, angstrom, angstrom unit, antiophthalmic factor, arsenic, as, as long as, assarion, assarius, atomic number 33, axerophthol, because, being, being as, being that, deoxyadenosine monophosphate, due to the fact that, Eastern Samoa, equally, even though, every bit, for, for that, forasmuch as, forthy, forwhy, given that, group A, in regard, in that, inasmuch as, now that, on account of, seeing that, since, sith, sithence, type A, vitamin A, when, while, whilst, ∵

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