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as
Preposition
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal.
As you know, we need more workers.
I baked the cake as my mother used to.
The room looks just as it did when I was a child.
The speech, as he remembered it, was very powerful.
Interesting as it seems, I don't think I'll get it.
He was as big as a mountain.
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A word that is used to show that two things happened at the same time.
Just as I went out, it started to rain.
We sleep as the world turns in darkness.
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A word that is used to show why something happens.
As I couldn't understand French, I didn't watch the film.
as
Adverb
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal. (Used before adjectives)
You are younger than I am, but nearly as tall.
This is not as good as it was last time.
is
Verb
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A form of the verb be when talking about someone or something else.
He is late for class.
Is it hot in here?
habit
Noun
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A habit is something that you do regularly.
John, don't bite your fingernails. It's a bad habit.
Marjorie has a habit of buying Christmas presents early, hiding them away like a squirrel, and then forgetting all about them.
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A habit is what people in certain jobs wear, generally religious jobs. These people can be recognized by their habits.
The monk's habit was black.
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A habit is the form of growth of a plant or, sometimes, an animal.
Some corals grow with a branching habit.