Crossword clues for as if
The Collaborative International Dictionary
If \If\, conj. [OE. if, gif, AS. gif; akin to OFries. ief, gef, ef, OS. ef, of, D. of, or, whether, if, G. ob whether, if, OHG. oba, ibu, Icel. ef, Goth. iba, ibai, an interrogative particle; properly a case form of a noun meaning, doubt (cf. OHG. iba doubt, condition, Icel. if, ef, ifi, efi), and therefore orig. meaning, on condition that.]
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In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition.
Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if [OE]dipus deserve thy care.
--Pope.If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
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Whether; -- in dependent questions.
Uncertain if by augury or chance.
--Dryden.She doubts if two and two make four.
--Prior.As if, But if. See under As, But.
as \as\ ([a^]z), adv. & conj. [OE. as, als, alse, also, al swa, AS. eal sw[=a], lit. all so; hence, quite so, quite as: cf. G. als as, than, also so, then. See Also.]
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Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.
His spiritual attendants adjured him, as he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren.
--Macaulay.Note: As is often preceded by one of the antecedent or correlative words such, same, so, or as, in expressing an equality or comparison; as, give us such things as you please, and so long as you please, or as long as you please; he is not so brave as Cato; she is as amiable as she is handsome; come as quickly as possible. ``Bees appear fortunately to prefer the same colors as we do.''
--Lubbock. As, in a preceding part of a sentence, has such or so to answer correlatively to it; as with the people, so with the priest. -
In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
The beggar is greater as a man, than is the man merely as a king.
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While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
As I return I will fetch off these justices.
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Because; since; it being the case that.
As the population of Scotland had been generally trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared.
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Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
We wish, however, to avail ourselves of the interest, transient as it may be, which this work has excited.
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That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such. [Obs.]
I can place thee in such abject state, as help shall never find thee.
--Rowe.So as, so that. [Obs.]
The relations are so uncertain as they require a great deal of examination.
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As if; as though. [Obs. or Poetic]
He lies, as he his bliss did know.
--Waller. For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.
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Than. [Obs. & R.]
The king was not more forward to bestow favors on them as they free to deal affronts to others their superiors.
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Expressing a wish. [Obs.] ``As have,''
Note: i. e., may he have.
--Chaucer.As . . as. See So . . as, under So.
As far as, to the extent or degree. ``As far as can be ascertained.''
--Macaulay.As far forth as, as far as. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.As for, or As to, in regard to; with respect to.
As good as, not less than; not falling short of.
As good as one's word, faithful to a promise.
As if, or As though, of the same kind, or in the same condition or manner, that it would be if.
As it were (as if it were), a qualifying phrase used to apologize for or to relieve some expression which might be regarded as inappropriate or incongruous; in a manner.
As now, just now. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.As swythe, as quickly as possible. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.As well, also; too; besides.
--Addison.As well as, equally with, no less than. ``I have understanding as well as you.''
--Job xii. 3.As yet, until now; up to or at the present time; still; now.
Wiktionary
conj. as though; in a manner suggesting. interj. (context idiomatic English) (non-gloss definition: Refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.)
Wikipedia
As If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on 22 January 2001 and the last on 31 July 2004.
As If is an American teen comedy-drama series that was put in place as a midseason replacement for Roswell and aired on Tuesdays on UPN after Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was based on the successful UK series of the same name. The cast of the series included Emily Corrie, who portrayed Sooz in the original UK version of the show.
"As If" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released in June 2007 as the lead-off single to her Greatest Hits compilation. "As If" is Evans' twentieth single to enter the country charts, and the twelfth Top 20 hit of her career. Evans wrote this song with Hillary Lindsey and John Shanks.
The song is part of the track list for Now That's What I Call Country.
Ås IF is a Swedish football club located in Ås near Östersund.
As If is the sixth studio album by American dance-punk group !!!, released on October 16, 2015 on Warp Records.
Usage examples of "as if".
How could she sit and look serene, talking to Theophilus and the others as if they were sitting in a villa or in a banquet room instead of an underground cemetery?
He was part of her, just as Atretes was, and the separation was as painful as if flesh had been torn away.
Waterford bowl with gold mountings, Jimmy in white slacks, an Armani pull and Gucci shoes, Tina in Westwood Lycra pants that hugged lipo-ed buttocks as if they were madly in love with them, Enya from the Lord of the Rings on the Bang and Oluf sen, all this and sorrow.
It looked as if it was just below us, rising out of a flat sea of nacreous mist or lowish cloud that reflected the moonlight.
The trees looked as if they were dying and the flowers in the neglected beds rattled in the fumes and slipstreams of the traffic.
She looked as if she were about to say something about it, but then shut up.
He nodded as if I had said something seriously wise, drank his beer, stood up, looked down at me.
She occupied a space behind a sectioned off part of the reception desk, as if she were a garrison.
Many of the plantations carried billboards with the AFI logo and others, and there was even another AFI plant research station, a small complex of gleaming glass and chrome that looked as if it would be more at home on the Bath Road out of London than in the middle of Africa.
It was as if I had been plucked from an almost paradisial world and dropped into an alternative universe where much was the same, but everything was tinged by horror and nightmare.
I began a more careful examination of the interior but without touching anything, and it was clean, almost as if it had been cleaned out.
Not much, and dried hard, a deep brownish maroon colour, smeared thinly as if someone had tried to wipe it up.
He minced off giving the menu a flap as if to fan his face, and I followed him, back towards the car-park, then through a timber back-door and into a functional corridor.
Once I was settled in front of her with a plate of curried chicken stew with mango in it, plain rice and a couple of pop-padoms, she looked to left and right as if checking for eavesdroppers and leant forward over her nearly empty plate.
She looked around with more interest than she had yet shown, as if trying to seek out someone she could curtsey to.