"as in" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-as in.ogg [Australia]
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: 23 56 0 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 46 0 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 51 4 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 53 4 19
  3. By which I mean; that is to say Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-as_in-en-adv-Ovc45KT1
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, in. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: like (alt: conjunction)
    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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