as

Meanings

Adverb

• To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
• Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).

Noun

• A libra.
• Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
• Plural of a (compare with aes)

Origin

• From Middle English as, from Old English eallswā ("just so; as"), thus representing a reduced form of also. Compare German Low German as, German als, Dutch als.
• Borrowed from Latin as. ace.
• a + -s.
• Shortening of as hell or as fuck.