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- Dictionaryas/az/
adverb
- 1. used in comparisons to refer to the extent or degree of something: "go as fast as you can"
conjunction
- 1. used to indicate that something happens during the time when something else is taking place: "Frank watched him as he ambled through the crowd" Similar
- 2. used to indicate by comparison the way that something happens or is done: "they can do as they wish" Similar
preposition
- 1. used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has: "it came as a shock" Similar
- 2. during the time of being (the thing specified): "he had often been ill as a child"
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Jul 11, 2013 · 1. Grammatically, both by and as are acceptable in either of the examples given. But as mathematical statements, both examples have problems. In the first example, “The function f is defined by/as f=a+b+c ”, unless a, b, c all are previously-defined functions or constants, the arguments of f and its dependence on them is unclear, ie ...
1. AS OF would mean "at a certain time onward". AS AT would mean "at a precise time of event". AS FROM would mean "at a certain time onward" just like AS OF, but I still don't quite get it. That leads me to go back and use SINCE. Much simpler and people use it in writings and speeches.
Jun 15, 2017 · Need more explanation. "Define" is also an infinitive, and (2) is technically correct but unusual. The web site linked to under "source" is strange: it doesn't explain "infinitive", even in the section titled "Defining an Infinitive Verb". –
Jan 27, 2011 · After all, "fluency" is often used to describe even domain languages within English. I might be "fluent" in computer technology, but not be "fluent" in Biology terminology. I may even be "fluent" in a technical field that crosses languages such as scientific latin or mathematical notation. Heck, we even use "fluency" to describe ability in ...
Jul 1, 2019 · We use 's with singular nouns. For example, " my son's toys " will be "the toys that belong to my son". We use only an apostrophe (') after plural nouns that end in -s: " my sons' toys " means that I have more than one son and these are their toys. We use 's for possession with the other plural nouns. For example: " my children's toys; women's ...
Apr 1, 2021 · You could say that, if for all these four locutions, you keep to the meanings that have to do with having something at one's disposal (and that seems to be the idea in this concern for differentiating them from one another), then there is a similarity between "on" and "in" as they connote availability, and between "at" and "to" as they connote the idea of being easily available.
Jul 8, 2013 · To define is to delineate a specific meaning of a word. To describe is to provide useful attributes of something represented by that word. For example, it is hard to define "god" but easy to define "car."
Sep 22, 2010 · Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns.Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy/thine is the possessive form.
Jul 28, 2011 · The example creates cognitive dissonance, because the syntax does not match the semantics: "to define" is the recommendation (or direct object), and "you" is the indirect object. Oxford's example does not contradict this; "recommend somebody to do something" means that "somebody" is the recommendation, like in "I recommend John for the job."
May 18, 2019 · Definition is a statement expressing the essential nature of something (Merriam-Webster).. Definition of something tells you "what that is, what's its essence."
