as

Meanings

1. 1
   conj

   While; during the time that something happens.

   As I came in, she ran out.

2. 2
   conj

   Because; since.

   As it was getting late, we decided to leave.

3. 3
   conj

   In the same way that.

   Do as I say, not as I do.

4. 4
   adv

   To the same degree or amount (used in comparisons).

   She is as tall as her brother.

Common collocations

• remember as Verb + preposition/particle

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Proto-Indo-European *swéder.? Proto-Germanic *swa Proto-West Germanic *swā Proto-West Germanic *allswā Old English eallswā Middle English also Middle English as English as From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā (“just so; as”), thus representing a reduced form of also. Compare German Low German a(l)s, German als, Dutch als.

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