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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'AS': /ˌeɪˈɛs/; 'as': strong: /ˈæz/, weak: /əz/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/æz; unstressed əz/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(adv., conj., pron., prep. az; unstressed əz; n. as)


Inflections of 'as' (n): npl: asses

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Sense: Conjunction: while
Synonyms:
while, when Collocations, whilst (UK, dated), during, in the process of, at the same time as
Sense: Conjunction: because
Synonyms:
because, 'cause (informal), 'cos (UK, slang), since Collocations, considering Collocations, seeing Collocations, seeing as, seeing that, given that, for (formal or literary), being that, being as, whereas (formal), for the reason that, in view of the fact that
Sense: Conjunction: though
Synonyms:
though Collocations, although, even though, albeit, whereas, while, whilst (UK, dated), however Collocations
Sense: Adverb: equally
Synonyms:
equally Collocations, similarly Collocations, comparatively, just as, equally as (non-standard), to the same degree, to the same extent, in the same way
Sense: Adverb: for instance
Synonyms:
for instance, for example, as an example, such as, e.g. Collocations
Sense: Preposition: in the role or place of
Synonyms:
in the role of, in the capacity of, being Collocations, acting as, functioning as, in sb's stead, in place of, in the character of
Sense: Preposition: to resemble
Synonyms:
like Collocations, to look like, to resemble, in the guise of, disguised as, in the character of, in the attire of (formal)

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