As- use to describe a function, use to compare, use to connect, what are the uses of as?

Answer 1

I will try to give you a simple answer!

"As" can be an ADVERB, a CONJUNCTION & a RELATIVE PRONOUN.

As good as gold, (the degree of "goodness" ADVERB, tells you HOW good.)
As in the manner of, ("they dance around as Gypsies might". . means 'like' gypsies.I joins two clauses, CONJUNCTION )

"They arrived AS we were leaving". (WHEN we were leaving. ADVERB. Tells you WHEN.)

"We should attend AS it is the correct thing to do." (BECAUSE it is the correct thing to do. CONJUNCTION, joining two clauses.)

Hope this helps a bit.

Answer 2

I think you pretty much covered it.

Answer 3

Related phrases: as is as new doing business as as the crow flies save as as-is as/400 queer as folk as i lay dying as roma

Definitions of as on the Web:

* arsenic: a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
* American Samoa: a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
* equally: to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

* .as is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for American Samoa. It is administered by AS Domain Registry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.as

* In Egyptian Mythology Ash is Set's companion and was sometimes known as "the Lord of Libya". It is possible that he was the original god of Ombos before Set came along. The first record of this god dates to the Protodynastic Period and continue until at least the 26th Dynasty.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_(god)

* The as was a bronze, and later copper, coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_(coin)

* The AS was a French automobile manufactured by Automobiles Serrano in la Garenne-Colombes from 1924 to 1928. The small car featured proprietary engines such as the Chapuis-Dornier, the Ruby, and the CIME.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_(automobile)

* As is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1st, 2004 As had a total population of 7,335 (3,673 males and 3,662 females). The total area is 22.07 km² which gives a population density of 332.38 inhabitants per km².
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_(municipality)

* An Autonomous System is an IP network controlled by one administrator on behalf of a single administrative entity (such as a university, a business enterprise, or a business division). Also referred to as a routing domain, an autonomous system is assigned a globally unique number called an Autonomous System Number
authors.phptr.com/morris/glossary.html

* Autonomous System: A collection of gateways (routers) under a single administrative authority using a common Interior Gateway Protocol for routing packets.
www.ez-access.com/glossary.html

* An Autonomous System (AS) is a connected segment of a network topology that consists of a collection of subnetworks (with hosts attached) interconnected by a set of routes. The subnetworks and the routers are expected to be under the control of a single operations and maintenance (O&M) organization. Within an AS routers may use one or more interior routing protocols, and sometimes several sets of metrics. ...
www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1812/197.htm

* A form prepared for each session to be held in a cooperating school. The administration schedule serves as a student roster to be used to carry out the session that lists the students that are to be included in the assessment in that session.
nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/glossary.asp

* It is a bluish veil or layer of clouds having a fibrous appearance. The outline of the sun may show dimly as through frosted glass. It often merges gradually into cirrostratus. As with cirrostratus, it often is part of a cloud shield associated with a front. This type of cloud is composed of mainly water vapor and result from lifting a layer. These clouds form between 6,500 and 23,000 feet.
www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/append/glossary_a.htm

* An inflammatory arthritic disorder, primarily of the axial skeleton (sacroiliac joints and spine), but can affect hip and shoulder joints and infrequently the peripheral joints. It causes chronic back pain and leads to stiffness of the spine. Most of the affected individuals have the HLA-B27 gene.
www.spondylitis.org/patient_resources/glossary.aspx

* an abbreviation for "THENA SIAuto"; see the entries for THEN and SIAuto for further explanation
www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/hollandm/translation/page4.html

* Autonomous System. In BGP routing, an Autonomous System is a collection of Intent Protocol routers, identified by their IP prefixes, whose single and clearly-defined routing policy is coordinated by an administrative entity formed by one or more network operators. ...
www.crtc.gc.ca/dcs/eng/glossary.htm

* Low As Reasonably Achievable, or keeping radiation emissions and exposures to levels set as far below regulatory limits as is rasonably possible in order to protect public health and the environment.
www.lrb.usace.army.mil/fusrap/glossary-ab.htm

* Authentication Service. The component of Kerberos that initially authenticates a principal.
wssg.berkeley.edu/SecurityInfrastructure/reports/CalNet/KerberosConcepts&Terms.html

* Middle layer clouds that are uniformly gray or bluish white.
www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/glossary.html

* A Roman coin made of bronze.
www.geocities.com/ouarchsoc/glossary/a.html

* a bronze coin Aes: bronze Antoninianus: a silver coin introduced in AD 215 and valued at two denarii Antoninus Pius: Roman emperor from AD 138-161, his reign was one of peace and prosperity for the empire; he acquired the Pius because of his devotion to the emperor Hadrian’s memory Aureus: a gold coin
maa.missouri.edu/exhibits/romancoins/ac_glossary.html

* A range of public IP addresses that are under full control of an Internet service provider (ISP). By means of peering agreement with other ISPs IP packets can by routed on direct ways between the connected ***. It is obvious that many peering agreements improves the quality of the Internet access by faster round trip times between to given public IP addresses.
vpn.atrexx.com/ab2.htm

* Applicability Statement
www.zvon.org/tmRFC/RFC2026/Output/chapter16.html

* An undergraduate degree of at least 60 credits awarded upon successful completion of a program of study in an applied subject area, such as computers, electronics, or health that prepares students to enter the work force.
www.yccc.edu/catalog/glossary.html

* Advanced supplementary level
www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/dti/dti-comp/glossary.htm

* A Class A Semiambulatory CBRF may serve only residents who are ambulatory or semiambulatory and are mentally and physically capable of responding to an electronic fire alarm and exiting the facility without any help or verbal or physical prompting. [Class AS under HFS 83 is the same as Class BLS in this directory].
dhfs.wisconsin.gov/bqaconsumer/AssistedLiving/glossary.htm

* Administrative Services
www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/centres/definitions_and_notes_e.htm

* A group of networks under mutual administration that share the same routing methodology.
www.voip-architecture.com/glossary/glossary.html

* avoid the vague use of as to mean because or for.
www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Keables/KeablesGuide/PartThree/Letters/A.htm

* Number of All-Stars on the team for that season. Note that they may have represented another team.
www.sportplanet.com/sbb/tcbl/glossary/miscglossary.html

* A Pervasive Developmental Disorder which is similar to autism but without clinically significant language delay. Language, however, is still used in a stilted and stereotyed manner. People with Asperger Syndrome have no general cognitive delay, meaning their overall IQ is in the normal range or above. The distinction between Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (HFA) is unclear, especially in adulthood.
access.autistics.org/resources/glossary/main.html

* The process of encrypting P-Code information so that it cannot be replicated by enemy forces. After encryption, P-Code is referred to as Y-Code. (See Y-Code and Spoofing.)
www.mmsi.com/gps/glossary.htm

* SCA years (literally, "the year of the society"), typically given in Roman numerals. The SCA year starts on May 1st, because the Society was founded on May 1st 1965. May 1995 began AS XXX (30).
www.sca.org.au/rowany/newcomers/glossary.html

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