副詞としての「as」の定義

as adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com Oxford logo Toggle navigation Redeem Upgrade Help Sign in Dictionaries Dictionaries home English American English Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammar home Practical English Usage Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta) Word Lists Word Lists home My Word Lists Topics Recent additions Resources Resources home Text Checker Sign in Dictionaries Dictionaries home English American English Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammar home Practical English Usage Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta) Word Lists Word Lists home My Word Lists Topics Recent additions Resources Resources home Text Checker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English American English Academic English Collocations Practical English Usage German-English English-German English American English Enter search text Definition of as adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary as adverb /əz/ , strong form /æz/ /əz/ , strong form /æz/ jump to other results as… 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. used to say that something happens in the same way As always, he said little. The ‘h’ in honest is silent, as in ‘hour’. Which Word? as / like as / like You can use both as and like to say that things are similar. Like is a preposition and is used before nouns and pronouns: He has blue eyes like me. As is a conjunction and an adverb and is used before a clause, another adverb or a clause beginning with a preposition: She enjoys all kinds of music, as I do. As ever, he was friendly and helpful. Repeat these five steps, as in the last exercise. In informal English like is frequently used as a conjunction or an adverb instead of as : Nobody understands him like I do. I don’t want to upset him again like before. It is also used instead of as if : It looks like we’re going to be late. These uses of like are common but are not considered correct in formal written English. You will find more help on the use of as and like in the entries for particular verbs, such as act , behave , etc. as… as… used to emphasize an amount As many as 2 million people could be affected. The chimp is an endangered species, with as few as 170 000 chimps left in the wild. Word Origin Middle English: reduced form of Old English alswā ‘similarly’ (see also ). See as in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary See as in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English Check pronunciation: as Other results All matches as preposition as conjunction AS As pass as double as AS (level) noun function as get up as identify as inasmuch as conjunction insofar as conjunction look on as mark out as palm off as pass off as put down as double up as mark down as the Three As See more Phrasal verbs identify as something come off (as something) pass as somebody/something stand out (as something) function as somebody/something mark somebody down as something mark somebody out as something palm something off as something put somebody down as something set (yourself) up (as something) get yourself/somebody up as something double as something | double up as something refer to somebody/something (as something) write somebody/something off (as something) look on somebody/something as somebody/something single somebody/something out (as somebody/something) pass somebody/yourself/something off as somebody/something dress up (as somebody/something) | be dressed up (as somebody/something) See more Idioms as if as if! as yet as one even as as much much as as such such as as usual as good as as near as as always as though as it is as many as… as it were as you do as one man as a whole See more Nearby words AS (level) noun as preposition as adverb as conjunction AS generic adjective From the Word list Oxford 5000 C1 Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day