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Definition of as adverb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    as

     adverb
    adverb
    NAmE//əz//
     
    , NAmE//æz//
     
     
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  1. 1as… as… used when you are comparing two people or things, or two situations You're as tall as your father. He was as white as a sheet. She doesn't play as well as her sister. I haven't known him as long as you (= as you have known him). He doesn't earn as much as me. He doesn't earn as much as I do. It's not as hard as I thought. Run as fast as you can. We'd like it as soon as possible.
  2. 2used to say that something happens in the same way As always, he said little. The “h” in honest is silent, as in “hour.”
See as in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary