"as in" meaning in All languages combined

See as in on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

Audio: en-au-as in.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} as in (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic, conjunctive) In the sense of. Tags: conjunctive, idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: namely, i.e.
    Sense id: en-as_in-en-adv-Gr3vv1Dm
  2. (idiomatic, conjunctive) In the sense of.
    As pronounced in.
    Tags: conjunctive, idiomatic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Semantics Synonyms: namely, i.e.
    Sense id: en-as_in-en-adv-4LLtEoq8 Disambiguation of Semantics: 0 79 0 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 65 0 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 70 0 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 71 0 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 73 0 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 3 72 0 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 73 0 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 74 0 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 73 0 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 0 76 0 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 3 73 0 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 71 0 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 80 0 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 73 0 24
  3. (informal) By which I mean; that is to say. Tags: informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-as_in-en-adv-U7hnfRga
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, in. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-as_in-en-adv-7IXJelb8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (in the sense of): ইয়ানে (iẏane) (Bengali), siis (Finnish), c’est-à-dire (French), als (German), wie (German), im Sinne (english: von) (German), cioè (Italian), som i (Norwegian), w sensie (Polish), czyli (Polish), jako (Polish), es decir (Spanish), som i (Swedish), alltså (Swedish), det vill säga (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'in the sense of': 49 49 0 1

Alternative forms

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