<span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> <span class="searchmatch">is</span> (not comparable) In the actual circumstances (and often contrary to expectations). 2004 Fall, Kit Coyne Irwin, “Blind Spot”, in The Kenyon Review...
/æzˈɪz/ Rhymes: -ɪz <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">is</span> (not comparable) (idiomatic, of an object) <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> <span class="searchmatch">is</span>; in its present state or condition, especially <span class="searchmatch">as</span> a contractual condition...
complicated <span class="searchmatch">as</span> I expected. It’s <span class="searchmatch">as</span> easy to do <span class="searchmatch">it</span> right <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> <span class="searchmatch">is</span> to do <span class="searchmatch">it</span> wrong. Used to introduce a result: with the result that <span class="searchmatch">it</span> <span class="searchmatch">is</span>; <span class="searchmatch">as</span> to 1868, Proceedings...
be that <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> may (idiomatic) Even if that <span class="searchmatch">is</span> the case; whether that <span class="searchmatch">is</span> true or not; nevertheless. 1732, Henry Grove, A Discourse concerning the Nature...
Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis) IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">əs</span>/ <span class="searchmatch">is</span> am, are, <span class="searchmatch">is</span> (present tense, all persons, plural and singular of wees, to be) Forms...
IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">ɪt</span>/ enPR: <span class="searchmatch">ĭt</span> (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɘt/ Rhymes: -<span class="searchmatch">ɪt</span> (unstressed) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">ɪt</span>/, [<span class="searchmatch">ɪ̈t</span>], [<span class="searchmatch">ɪt</span>] Rhymes: -<span class="searchmatch">ɪt</span> (General...
(This etymology <span class="searchmatch">is</span> missing or incomplete. Please add to <span class="searchmatch">it</span>, or discuss <span class="searchmatch">it</span> at the Etymology scriptorium.) <span class="searchmatch">as</span> long <span class="searchmatch">as</span> Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:...
<span class="searchmatch">as</span> soon <span class="searchmatch">as</span> possible (not comparable) <span class="searchmatch">As</span> soon <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">is</span> possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time. This <span class="searchmatch">is</span> not an idiom. <span class="searchmatch">It</span> is...
introduces a noun and specifies <span class="searchmatch">it</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> the particular noun that <span class="searchmatch">is</span> being considered; in English, the only definite article <span class="searchmatch">is</span> the and its variations. indefinite...
English <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> were, <span class="searchmatch">as</span> hyt were, als <span class="searchmatch">it</span> were, als hit were, from Old English *ealswā hit wǣre, attested only <span class="searchmatch">as</span> swā hit wǣre and swylċe hit wǣre (“<span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">it</span> were”...