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as for

/æz fə/

as for preposition: regarding; about; concerning.

Preposition

as for

  1. Regarding; about; concerning.
    • I can't teach that class today: I'm sick. As for the rest of the teachers, they are still on leave.
    • As for you, we believe in you.
    Synonyms:
    as to, apropos

as for meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic

as for in Hindi

regarding; about
... तो

as for in Tamil

கடைக்குறை, உருபுமயக்கம், குறிப்பெழுத்து, எழுத்துச்சுருக்கம், குறைப்பேர், போலியெழுத்து

as for in Malayalam

concerning, with respect to, on the subject of
സംബന്ധിച്ച്, കുറിച്ച്, പരാമർശിച്ച്, പറ്റി, ചൊല്ലി, അധികരിച്ച്

as for in Arabic

regarding; about
أَمَّا ... فَـ ʔammā ... fa-
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as for in Indonesian
adapun

Synonyms of as for

Questions about as for

What does as for mean?
As for means regarding; about; concerning.
What is as for in Hindi?
As for in Hindi is ... तो. See As for meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is as for?
As for is a preposition.
How do you pronounce as for?
As for is pronounced /æz fə/.

Words near as for in the dictionary

  1. as far one's concerned
  2. as fast as one's legs could carry one
  3. as fate would have it
  4. as fine as Dick's hatband
  5. as follows
  6. as for
  7. as fuck
  8. as Gaeilge
  9. as game as Ned Kelly
  10. as get-out
  11. as God intended

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: as for (page history and authors); as for (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); as for (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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