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as

UK/ˈæz/ US/æz/ very common formal slang uk us
adverb (1) noun (2)

adverb

1.

to the same degree (often followed by `as'')

  • “they were equally beautiful”
  • “birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly”
  • “sang as sweetly as a nightingale”
  • “he is every bit as mean as she is”
Synonyms

noun

1.

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

Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā (“just so; as”), thus representing a reduced form of also.

Phrases

  • as I live and breathe
  • as much as
  • green as a gooseberry
  • green as grass
  • much as

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