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as well as

/əz ˈwɛl æz/

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colloquial/əˈzwɛlz/

as well as conjunction: and, in addition; not forgetting.

Conjunction

as well as

  1. And, in addition; not forgetting.
    • It is to be promoted as a leisure activity, as well as as a social distinction.
    • The moon as well as the stars was shining down on them.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, well.
    • As well as I recollect, he was about six feet tall.
    • She sings as well as she plays the piano.

Preposition

as well as

  1. In addition to; further to.
    • As well as the obvious financial benefits, the merger will allow us some breathing room with regards to R&D.

as well as meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic

as well as in Hindi

in addition to
... के अलावा ... ke alāvā

as well as in Tamil

அத்துடன்

as well as in Malayalam

along with, together with, besides
കൂടാതെ, അതുമാത്രമല്ല, ഇങ്ങനെയും, അതുപോലെതന്നെ, അതോടൊപ്പം, അതിനോടൊപ്പം

as well as in Arabic

in addition to
بِالْإِضَافَة إِلَى bi-l-ʔiḍāfa ʔilā
More languagesFewer languages
as well as in Thai
รวมไปถึง ruam pai thung
as well as in Vietnamese
cũng như

Examples of as well as in a sentence

  • She has to sing as well as play the piano.
  • Smoking is unhealthy, as well as making you smell bad.
  • You borrowed my car but never gave it back. And as well as that, you stole my bike.
  • Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  • There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton.2025 February 5, Philip Haigh, “Where track and train integration will be put to the test”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 51:
  • [I]n time I got used to every thing, and could do my work as well as my mother.[1877], Anna Sewell, “My Breaking In”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part I, page 19:

Questions about as well as

What does as well as mean?
As well as means and, in addition; not forgetting.
What is as well as in Hindi?
As well as in Hindi is ... के अलावा (... ke alāvā). See As well as meaning in Hindi.
How do you use as well as in a sentence?
She has to sing as well as play the piano.
What part of speech is as well as?
As well as can be a conjunction or a preposition.
How do you pronounce as well as?
As well as is pronounced /əz ˈwɛl æz/.

Words near as well as in the dictionary

  1. as usual
  2. as was
  3. as we know it
  4. as we speak
  5. as well
  6. as well as
  7. as what
  8. as who should say
  9. as with
  10. as yet
  11. as yet unknown

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: as well as (page history and authors); as well as (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); as well as (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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