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The correct spelling is as.
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adverb
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The correct spelling is as. To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree. For example: "It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive."
Usage Examples
“It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.”
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“They're big as houses.”
Meanings
adverb
- 1.To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
- 2.Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
- 3.For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)
preposition
- 1.Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
- 2.In the role of.
conjunction
- 1.In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
- 2.At the time that; during the time when:
- 3.Being that, considering that, because, since.
- 4.Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive, or with the verb elided): as though, as if.
- 5.Functioning as a relative conjunction, and sometimes like a relative pronoun: that, which, who. (See usage notes.)
noun
- 1.(unit of weight) A libra.
- 2.Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
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