as in
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.65 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the sense of.
adv
In the sense of.
adv
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, in.
Example Sentences
- ""bow" as in the weapon, not the front of a ship"
- "Getting to the bottom of Selmes' thinking is not the easiest of tasks but what in essence he is doing is trading a mummy (as in King Tut) for a big daddy (as in Tennessee Williams)."
- "'You won't even have to touch me if you don't want to,' he said witheringly. 'But we are going to sleep together. As in spend the nights side by side.'"
- "That's B as in boy."
- "The TV is completely broken, as in I can't get any picture at all."
- "I've been getting acupuncture mostly, which is really good. It doesn't make things not happen, as in, I still got bronchitis, but it relieves a lot of the symptoms and helps me get through the day more and more."
Usage
Synonyms
namely
i.e.