as

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US /əz/ UK /æz/ See IPA manual

Freq #62

Meanings

1

conj
While; during the time that something happens.

As I came in, she ran out.
2

conj
Because; since.

As it was getting late, we decided to leave.
3

conj
In the same way that.

Do as I say, not as I do.
4

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

She is as tall as her brother.

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2 conj · because; since. because since

More although while whilst

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Derived forms as-builtforasmuchwhenaswhereas

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Dew Drops
As much of the dew that the dew drops drop, if dew drops do drop dew.

Keep the /dɹ/ cluster in drops and drop connected. Dew may begin with /d/ or /dj/, depending on your accent; use the form natural to you.
How Much Wood
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck could and would chuck wood? He’d chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would If a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.

Alternate the rounded /w/ with the short stop-and-release of /tʃ/. Wood, would and could share /ʊ/; chuck and much use /ʌ/ in many Englis...
Windmills and the Millwheel
To the windmills said the millwheel: “As the wind wills do you still wheel?” “Yes, we still wheel when the wind wills!” To the millwheel said the windmills.

Wind here means moving air and rhymes with pinned. Contrast the vowel in will with the longer vowel in wheel, keeping the final /l/ in both.

Etymology

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.

*h₂el- Proto-Indo-European as Middle English eallswā Old English

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# as

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** conj, adv
**IPA (US):** /əz/
**IPA (UK):** /æz/
**Frequency rank:** 62

## Meanings
1. While; during the time that something happens.
2. Because; since.
3. In the same way that.
4. To the same degree or amount (used in comparisons).

## Examples
- As I came in, she ran out.
- As it was getting late, we decided to leave.
- Do as I say, not as I do.
- She is as tall as her brother.

## Synonyms
- although
- because
- while
- whilst

## Derived Forms
- as-built
- forasmuch
- whenas
- whereas

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂el-
- Root: as
- Root: eallswā

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
As comes 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. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-.

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