as of

US pronunciation

American soundas of

asof

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

as - of -> as of

Myanmar meaning

[IDM ] မှစ၍။

Full entry

as /ǝz; strong form æz/ prep

၁။ ဟန်။ ကဲ့သို့။
dressed as a policeman ❍ They entered the building disguised as cleaners.
၂။ အနေဖြင့်။ လို။
have a job as a packer ❍ work as a courier ❍ Treat me as a friend. ❍ They accepted her as an equal. ❍ I respect him as a writer and as a man. ❍ use a water jug as a vase ❍ The redundancy notice came as a real shock.
၃။ (က) ဖြစ်သည့်အားလျော်စွာ။ အနေ နှင့်။
As her private secretary he has access to all her correspondence.
(ခ) …တုန်းက။ …စဉ်က။
As a child she was sent to six different schools.
adv
၁။ as …as
(က) မျှ။ လောက်။ တမျှ။ သလောက်။
as tall as his father ❍ This dress is twice as expensive as the blue one. ❍ Her face went as white as a sheet. ❍ He doesn't play half as well as his sister. ❍ I haven't known him as long as you (ie as you have known him). ❍ As often as not he's drunk. တစ်ချိန်လုံးလိုလို မူးနေတာပဲ။ ❍ As likely as not ( ie Very probably), it will rain. မိုးရွာမှာ ကျိန်းသေသလောက်ပဲ။
(ခ) အတိုင်း။ သလောက်။
He looks as ill as he sounded on the phone. ❍ His eyes aren't quite as blue as they look in the film. ❍ Run as fast as you can. ❍ He recited as much of the poem as he could remember. ❍ She's as good an actress as she is a singer.
၂။ လိုပဲ။ လိုပင်။ the same as usual ❍ As before, he remained unmoved. ❍ The 'h' in ‘honest’ is silent, as in ‘hour’.
conj
၁။ …နေစဉ်။ …နေတုန်း။ သောအခါ။ သော်။ I watched her as she combed her hair. ❍ As he grew older he lost interest in everything except gardening. ❍ Use it as the need arises.
၂။ သောကြောင့်။ သည့်အတွက်။ As you weren't there I left a message. ❍ As she's been ill perhaps she'll need some help.
၃။ ဖြစ်စေကာမူ။ လင့်ကစား။ ပေမင့်လည်း။ Talented as he is, he is not yet ready to turn professional. ❍ Much as I like you, I couldn't live with you. ❍ Try as he would/ might, he couldn't open the door.
၄။ သည့်အတိုင်း။ သလို။
Do as I say and sit down. ❍ Just as she had warned me, the shop was shut. ❍ Leave the table as it is (ie Do not disturb the things on it). ❍ Why didn't you take the bus as I told you to? ❍ He became hysterical, as had happened before.
၅။ သည့်အတိုင်း။
Cyprus, as you know, is an island in the Mediterranean. ❍ The Beatles, as many of you are old enough to remember, came from Liver pool.
၆။ လိုပဲ။
She's unusually tall, as are both her parents. ❍ He works in advertising, as does his wife.
❏ as against sth [IDM ] နှင့်ပြောင်းပြန်။ နှင့်ဆန့်ကျင် လျက်။
she gets Saturdays off in her new job as against working alternate weekends in her last one. ❍ We had twelve hours of sunshine yesterday; as against a forecast of continuous rain.
❏ as and when [IDM ]
၁။ …သည့်အခါ။ …သလို။ We'll decide on our team as and when we qualify for the competition. Compare IF AND WHEN (IF)
၂။ (infml ) အခြေအနေပေးလျှင်ပေးချင်း။ နောက်ဆုံးတစ်နေ့။
I'll tell you more as and when (ie as soon as I can).
❏ as for sb/ sth [IDM ] အနေနှင့်။
As for you, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. ❍ As for the hotel, it was very uncomfortable and miles from the sea.
❏ as from; (esp US ) as of [IDM ] မှစ၍။
As from next Monday you can use my office. ❍ We will have a new address as of May 12.
❏ as if/ as though [IDM ] ကဲ့သို့။ သလို။
He behaved as if nothing had happened. ❍ As if unsure of where she was, she hesitated and looked around. ❍ He rubbed his eyes and yawned as though waking up after a long sleep. ❍ As if you didn't know! (ie You are pretending not to know. )
❏ as it is [IDM ] လက်ရှိအခြေအနေအတိုင်း၊ အရ။ We were hoping to have a few days off next week—as it is, we may not be able to get away. ❍ I thought I might be transferred but as it is I'll have to look for a new job.
❏ as it were [IDM ] (အထင်မျှသာဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ အတိအကျ မဟုတ်ကြောင်း ညွှန်းဆိုသောစကား)။ She seemed very relaxed—in her natural setting as it were. ❍ He'd been watching the water rising for two hours—preparing to meet his destiny, as it were—before help arrived.
❏ as to sth; as regards sth [IDM ] နှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍။
As to correcting our homework, the teacher always makes us do it ourselves. ❍ There are no special rules as regards what clothes you should wear.
❏ as you were [IDM ] နေမြဲ။

More examples

[as...as] : Simon isn’t as tall as his brother.
I don’t play football as much as I used to.
I can’t run as fast as you.
[just as] : We all need regular exercise, but a healthy diet is just as important.
[half/twice/three times etc as much] : A house in London costs twice as much as a similar house in Liverpool.
[the same as] : Barbara’s suggestion was almost exactly the same as mine.
Her skin was white as snow.
As tough as old boots
As I was saying, we expect next year to be a good year.
As everyone knows, the farming industry is in serious difficulties.
I invested the money as you suggested.
Leave everything just as you found it.
[as usual] : Judith was late, as usual.
As managing director, I am expected to provide effective leadership.
A portrait of the princess as a child
An electric drill can also be used as a screwdriver.
Van Dyck was regarded as the greatest painter of his time.
The result of the vote is being seen as a personal victory for the Prime Minister.
[as being/having] : Madeira is described as having the best climate in the world.
As we were sitting down to dinner, the phone rang.
[just as] : We got to the check-in desk just as they were about to close.
As it was getting late, we decided to go home.
We chose Calvert to lead us as he said he knew the way.
Strange as it may seem, I never really wanted to be rich.

Synonyms

because, since, seeing that, acting as, all in all, all things considered, anything, as a result of, as long as, as per, as things go, at the time that, being, being as, by cause of, by its nature, by means of, by reason of, by virtue of, by way of, cause, comparatively, considering, considering that, due to, during, during the time that, equally, essentially, everything being equal, for, for instance, for the reason that, for the sake of, forasmuch as, functioning as, having the status of, identical to, in as much as, in behalf of, in consideration of, in light of, in place of, in that, in the act of, in the character of, in the function of, in the interest of, in the manner that, in the process of, in the role of, in the same manner with, in the same way as, in view of, inasmuch as, insomuch as, just as, just for, like, no less than, now, now that, on the grounds that, on the point of, owing to, serving as, similarly, so, such as, thanks to, the same as, to such an extent, to the same degree, under the name of, what, whatever, when, whereas, while, whilst