Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

2 PHRASE You use the structure as…as when you are comparing things. □  I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one. □  There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original. ● PHRASE As is also a conjunction. □  Being a mother isn't as bad as I thought at first! □  I don't think he was ever as fit as he should have been.

3 PHRASE You use as…as to emphasize amounts of something. [EMPHASIS ] □  You can look forward to a significant cash return by saving from as little as £10 a month. □  She gets as many as eight thousand letters a month.

4 PREP You use as when you are indicating what someone or something is or is thought to be, or what function they have. □  He has worked as a diplomat in the U.S., Sudan and Saudi Arabia. □  The news apparently came as a complete surprise. □  I had natural ability as a footballer.

5 PREP If you do something as a child or as a teenager, for example, you do it when you are a child or a teenager. □  She loved singing as a child and started vocal training at 12.

6 CONJ You use as to say how something happens or is done, or to indicate that something happens or is done in the same way as something else. □  I'll behave toward them as I would like to be treated. □  Today, as usual, he was wearing a three-piece suit. □  The book was banned in the U.S., as were two subsequent books.

7 PREP You use as in expressions like as a result and as a consequence to indicate how two situations or events are related to each other. □  As a result of fears about home security, more people are arranging for someone to stay in their home when they're away.

8 CONJ You use as to introduce short clauses which comment on the truth of what you are saying. □  As you can see, we're still working. □  We were sitting, as I remember, in a riverside restaurant.

9 CONJ You can use as to mean 'because' when you are explaining the reason for something. □  Enjoy the first hour of the day. This is important as it sets the mood for the rest of the day.

10 PHRASE You say as it were in order to make what you are saying sound less definite. [VAGUENESS ] □  I'd understood the words, but I didn't, as it were, understand the question.

11 PHRASE You use expressions such as as it is , as it turns out , and as things stand when you are making a contrast between a possible situation and what actually happened or is the case. □  I want to work at home on a Tuesday but as it turns out sometimes it's a Wednesday or a Thursday.

12as against → see against

13as ever → see ever

14as a matter of fact → see fact

15as follows → see follow

16as long as → see long ➌

17as opposed to → see opposed

18as regards → see regard

19as soon as → see soon

20as such → see such

21as well → see well ➌

22as well as → see well ➌

23as yet → see yet

➋ as ◆◆◆ /əz, STRONG æz/

1 PHRASE You use as for and as to at the beginning of a sentence in order to introduce a slightly different subject that is still connected to the previous one. □  The city has some wonderful museums. As for hotels 'Coco Reef' is a great choice.

2 PHRASE You use as to to indicate what something refers to. □  They should make decisions as to whether the student needs more help.