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AS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
Synonyms:
American Samoa; AS; Eastern Samoa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Meronyms (parts of "AS"):
Pago Pago; Pango Pango (a port in American Samoa)
Holonyms ("AS" is a part of...):
Samoa; Samoan Islands (a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("As" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
Holonyms ("As" is a substance of...):
arsenopyrite; mispickel (a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic)
orpiment (a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic)
realgar (a rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic)
herbicide; weed killer; weedkiller (a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth)
insect powder; insecticide (a chemical used to kill insects)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To the same degree (often followed by 'as')
Example:
he is every bit as mean as she is
Synonyms:
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Context examples:
But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The problem he was thus debating as he walked, was one of a class that is rarely solved.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Several previous experiences which have lain long in my portfolio have been added to His Last Bow so as to complete the volume.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
That was never Bill's way, nor the way of sich as sailed with him.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It is strange that in one twelve hours the Abbey should have cast off its foulest weed and should now lose what we are fain to look upon as our choicest blossom.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For my own part, if I were only assured that I was as clever and brave as the average man about me, I should be well satisfied.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For my own part, I begin to love him as a brother, and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Compositional data from the New Horizons spacecraft, shown in the right inset, indicate that the plateau uplands south of Piri Rupes are rich in methane ice (shown in false color as purple).
(What’s Eating at Pluto?, NASA)
It associates with protein kinases A and C and phosphatase, and serves as a scaffold protein in signal transduction.
(A Kinase Anchor Protein 12, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
This allele, which encodes alpha-2-macroglobulin protein, plays a role in various processes as a protease inhibitor.
(A2M wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
