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asw

asw is the abbreviation of as well.

Meaning of as well

Adverb

as well (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) In addition; also.
    • Wearing his hat and coat, he looked outside and decided he should take an umbrella as well.
  2. To the same effect.
    • They might as well walk as drive in this traffic.
  3. (South Africa) Me too.
  4. (UK, colloquial) An intensifier. Actually; really.
    • ―Would you though? ―I would as well.

Noun capitalized: ASW

ASW (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of antisubmarine warfare.
    • “You know, I really didn't have much to do with Vietnam. In the summer of 1964, I went to work for the assistant CNO for submarine warfare, Op 02. But that summer, Op 03—that's surface warfare—was developing new ASW strategies.”1996, William Martin, Annapolis, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, published 2010, →ISBN, page 761

Phrases with asw

Questions about asw

What is asw the abbreviation of?
Asw is the abbreviation of as well.
What part of speech is asw?
Asw is a noun.

Words near asw in the dictionary

  1. asurs
  2. ASUW
  3. ASV
  4. ASVAB
  5. ASVS
  6. asw
  7. ASW carrier
  8. ASW carriers
  9. Aswad
  10. aswaddumization
  11. aswagger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asw (page history and authors); ASW (page history and authors); as well (page history and authors). 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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