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as with

as with preposition: in the same way as.

Preposition

as with

  1. In the same way as.
    • A French fashion is now busy investing the large body of French gentlemen with Chatelaines. These do not hang, as with English ladies, from the waist, but from the waistcoat pocket. They are generally attached to the watch—or, supposing the gentleman has no such useful appendage for killing time...1847, “Chatelaines for Gentlemen”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume XVI (New Library Series), number 405, London: Punch Office, […], and Bradbury, Evans, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 153, column 1
    • In another minute there was no letter; but, as with every other relationship in my life, an eschar of ashes.1965, John Fowles, The Magus

Examples of as with in a sentence

  • These do not hang, as with English ladies, from the waist, but from the waistcoat pocket.1847, “Chatelaines for Gentlemen”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume XVI (New Library Series), number 405, London: Punch Office...
  • Just as with the Olympic Games, Paralympian ones continue to change.2018, Linda K. Fuller, “Gendered Implications of Olympic and the Paralympic Events”, in Female Olympian and Paralympian Events: Analyses...

Questions about as with

What does as with mean?
As with means in the same way as.
How do you use as with in a sentence?
These do not hang, as with English ladies, from the waist, but from the waistcoat pocket.
What part of speech is as with?
As with is a preposition.

Words near as with in the dictionary

  1. as we speak
  2. as well
  3. as well as
  4. as what
  5. as who should say
  6. as with
  7. as yet
  8. as yet unknown
  9. as you do
  10. as you go
  11. as you have brewed, so you must drink

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