as

  1. (abbreviation) .  ahref="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon<a.
  2. (abbreviation) .  ahref="Advanced Supplementary">Advanced Supplementary<a.
  3. (abbreviation) .  ahref="Advanced Subsidiary">Advanced Subsidiary<a.
  4. (abbreviation) .  (neurology) ahref="Asperger's syndrome">Asperger's syndrome<a.
  5. (abbreviation) .  (US, Navy) Auxiliary Submarine -anaval ahref="tender">tender<a,aahref="submarine tender">submarine tender<a that tends to ahref="submarine">submarine<as.
  6. Adverb.  To such an ahref="extent">extent<a or ahref="degree">degree<a.
  7. Adverb.  In the manner or role specified.
  8. Adverb.  (dated) For ahref="example">example<a.
  9. Conjunction.  In the same way that; according to what.
  10. Conjunction.  At the same instant that; ahref="when">when<a.
  11. Conjunction.  At the same time that; ahref="while">while<a.
  12. Conjunction.  Varying through time in the same proportion that.
  13. Conjunction.  Considering that, ahref="because">because<a, ahref="since">since<a.
  14. Conjunction.  (non-gloss definition, Introducingabasis of comparison, after '''as''', '''ahref="so">so<a''', oracomparison of equality.) .
  15. Conjunction.  (obsolete) Introducingacomparison withahypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. (defdate, 13th-19th c.) .
  16. Conjunction.  (context, now) Functioning asaahref="relative">relative<a conjunction; ahref="that">that<a. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  17. Preposition.  (non-gloss definition, Introducingabasis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.) .
  18. Preposition.  In the ahref="role">role<a of.
  19. Noun.  (context, unit of weight) Aahref="libra">libra<a.
  20. Noun.  Any of several coins of Rome, coined in ahref="bronze">bronze<a or later ahref="copper">copper<a; or the equivalent value.

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