1. To the same degree (often followed by ‘as’)
   "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is";
   - equally, every bit
    
2. In the idea, character, or condition of, limiting the view to certain attributes or relations
   "dressed up as a ghost"

1. For the reason that; on account of
   "empty, as it had been upside down";
   - because, since, for, coz [Brit, informal], cos [Brit, informal], cuz [non-standard, informal], forasmuch as [archaic]
    
2. At the same time that
   "they were walking home as they were discussing the problem";
   - when, while, whilst [Brit]

1. A United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
   - American Samoa, Eastern Samoa

1. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and in various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
   "Traces of As were found in the contaminated well water";
   - arsenic, atomic number 33

1. The 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
   "She scored an A on her exam";
   - A

Type of: alphabetic character, chemical element, district, dominion, element, letter, letter of the alphabet, territorial dominion, territory

Part of: arsenopyrite, herbicide, insect powder, insecticide, Latin alphabet, mispickel, orpiment, realgar, Roman alphabet, Samoa, Samoan Islands, weed killer, weedkiller

Encyclopedia: As, Nora