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as if Preposition

— the same way that it would be if It could look as if we're trying to hide something. She acts as if she hates me. It's as if we were in jail or something. As if this wasn't bad enough, now you get hurt. — As if is used in exclamations to say that something is not true. "I'm not going to help anymore." "As if you were helping before!"

as if conjunction

— As though; in a manner suggesting. — in mimicry of

as if interjection

— interjection

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as if English » English

as though like as such as just like in a way seem same as as it were supposing that oh if I thought very thing itself truly such so to speak since similar to similar seemingly resembling quite quasi like that kind of just as if just as in case evidently entirely directly completely at all as when according to

Topics as if topics

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Grammar Case Primary cases

Way, manner

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in a ... way/manner/fashion with like along ... lines as if as though with an air of

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Movie subtitles

Is it wrong if you think of love as a game too?

News and current affairs

If you are a high-net-worth investor, a sovereign wealth fund, or a central bank, it makes perfect sense to hold a modest proportion of your portfolio in gold as a hedge against extreme events.

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