I. əz, (ˌ)az adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eallswā likewise, just as — more at also
Date: before 12th century
1. : to the same degree or amount
as soft as silk
twice as long
2. : for instance
various trees, as oak or pine
3. : when considered in a specified form or relation — usually used before a preposition or a participle
my opinion as distinguished from his
II. conjunction
Date: 12th century
1. : as if
looks as he had seen a ghost — S. T. Coleridge
2. : in or to the same degree in which
soft as silk
— usually used as a correlative after an adjective or adverb modified by adverbial as or so
as cool as a cucumber
3. : in the way or manner that
do as I do
4. : in accordance with what or the way in which
quite good as boys go
5. : while , when
spilled the milk as she got up
6. : regardless of the degree to which : though
improbable as it seems, it's true
7. : for the reason that : because , since
stayed home as she had no car
8. : that the result is
so clearly guilty as to leave no doubt
Usage: see like
•
- as is
- as it were
III. pronoun
Date: 12th century
1. : that , who , which — used after same or such
in the same building as my brother
tears such as angels weep — John Milton
and chiefly dialect after a substantive not modified by same or such
that kind of fruit as maids call medlars — Shakespeare
2. : a fact that
is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent
IV. preposition
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : like 2
all rose as one man
b. : like 1a
his face was as a mask — Max Beerbohm
2. : in the capacity, character, condition, or role of
works as an editor
V. ˈas noun
( plural as·ses ˈa-ˌsēz, ˈa-səz)
Etymology: Latin
Date: 1540
1.
a. : a bronze coin of the ancient Roman republic
b. : a unit of value equivalent to an as coin
2. : libra 2a