as
- adverb
- /æz/
- This right here is as real as it gets.
- as much
- as long as
- as far as possible
Yeah, the Google spreadsheet isn't as great as Excel.
- Yeah, the Google spreadsheet isn't as great as Excel.
- This isn't as reliable as we think, you know?
- He says just as much as the outer.
- No learn, learn as much as you can, right?
- Strength Moderately strong, he's not as strong as most men.
- They don't win as much as it should be cool.
- And the point is that firms make as much profits.
Examples
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Remain calm, be as good as you can be.
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It's as bright as the sky is blue.
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It's actually not as bad as I thought.
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Keep away from me as much as you can.
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You have as much right to be a knight as any man.
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But the U.S. drug problem was at least as severe then as it is now.
Academic text (2011) -
As always, I hope you find this issue as interesting and enlightening as I do.
Academic text (2011) -
This isn't as reliable as we think, you know?
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Sloan's 1909 painting Three A.M. is as good an example of this as any.
Academic text (2011) -
This dish is as spicy as it can be, so be careful when you eat it.
Synonyms
In the same way as another action
Idioms
In the current situation, especially when things are different from what was expected
- Informal
Decide or think of things during a situation without planning ahead
- NSFW
A state of great excitement and happiness, sometimes from drinking alcohol or taking drugs
- Informal
Too much alcohol makes a person very unsteady and unable to think clearly
A distance measured in a straight line between two places rather than by road
- Informal
To respond equally strongly when someone attacks or criticizes you
Compounds
- Specialized
A record that shows the final design and changes made when a building is finished
- Formal
A student loan plan that limits monthly payments to part of your income and may forgive the rest after years
How Similar
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word as comes from old words that meant 'in the same way' and is like the common words so and same, so we use as to show two things are equal or to compare them.