as
adverb
[ az ]
• used in comparisons to refer to the extent or degree of something.
• "go as fast as you can"
as
conjunction
• used to indicate that something happens during the time when something else is taking place.
• "Frank watched him as he ambled through the crowd"
Similar:
while,
just as,
even as,
at the (same) time that,
at the moment that,
during the time that,
just when,
simultaneously,
• used to indicate by comparison the way that something happens or is done.
• "they can do as they wish"
Similar:
in the (same) way that,
the (same) way,
in the (same) manner that,
like,
• because; since.
• "I must stop now as I have to go out"
Similar:
because,
since,
seeing that,
seeing as,
considering that,
on account of the fact that,
in view of the fact that,
owing to the fact that,
on account of,
for,
forasmuch,
• even though.
• "sweet as he is, he doesn't pay his bills"
Similar:
although,
though,
even though/if,
in spite of the fact that,
despite the fact that,
notwithstanding the fact that,
notwithstanding that,
for all that,
while,
whilst,
albeit,
however,
as
preposition
• used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has.
• "it came as a shock"
Similar:
in the guise of,
with the appearance of,
in the character of,
so as to appear to be,
in the role of,
being,
acting as,
functioning as,
• during the time of being (the thing specified).
• "he had often been ill as a child"
Origin:
Middle English: reduced form of Old English alswā ‘similarly’ (see also).
as
noun
• an ancient Roman copper coin.
Origin:
Latin, ‘a unit’.
as-
prefix
• variant spelling of ad- assimilated before s (as in assemble, assess ).
As
symbol
• the chemical element arsenic.
AS
abbreviation
• Anglo-Saxon.
• Assam.
A
noun
• the first letter of the alphabet.
• a shape like that of a capital A.
• "an A-shape"
• the sixth note of the diatonic scale of C major. The A above middle C is usually used as the basis for tuning and in modern music has a standard frequency of 440 Hz.
arsenic
noun
• the chemical element of atomic number 33, a brittle steel-grey metalloid.
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting yellow orpiment, arsenic sulphide): via Old French from Latin arsenicum, from Greek arsenikon ‘yellow orpiment’, identified with arsenikos ‘male’, but in fact from Arabic al-zarnīḵ ‘the orpiment’, based on Persian zar ‘gold’.
