as in

adverb

In the sense of.

“That's B as in boy.”

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namelyi.e.
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Meanings

adverbas in (not comparable)
  1. conjunctiveidiomaticnot comparableIn the sense of.

    "bow" as in the weapon, not the front of a ship

    2 more examples

    Getting to the bottom of Selmes' thinking is not the easiest of tasks but what in essence he is doing is trading a mummy (as in King Tut) for a big daddy (as in Tennessee Williams).

    1972, Investors Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette, volume 22

    'You won't even have to touch me if you don't want to,' he said witheringly. 'But we are going to sleep together. As in spend the nights side by side.'

    2010, Daphne Clair, The Marriage Debt

    Synonyms: namely, i.e.

    1. conjunctiveidiomaticnot comparableAs pronounced in.

      That's B as in boy.

      Synonyms: namely, i.e.

  2. informalnot comparableBy which I mean; that is to say.

    The TV is completely broken, as in I can't get any picture at all.

    1 more example

    I've been getting acupuncture mostly, which is really good. It doesn't make things not happen, as in, I still got bronchitis, but it relieves a lot of the symptoms and helps me get through the day more and more.

    1989 April 15, Eileen Bolinsky, Wendy Bennet-Alder, “I'm Slowly Getting To The Anger”, in Gay Community News, page 9
  3. Used to emphasize a point.
    1. Philippinesnot comparableadded after a point has been made

      He's so tall, as in!

    2. Philippinesnot comparableasked if the prior statement is really true; really

      A: It's so traffic a while ago. B: As in? A: Yes, it took me an hour to pass through!

  4. not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, in.

    In Sweden, as in most countries, ...

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn the sense of.

Similar
namelyi.e.

adverbAs pronounced in.

Similar
namelyi.e.
Also see
tetrakis-

Translations

Bengali ইয়ানে
  • ইয়ানে (iẏane)in the sense of
Dutch als in
  • als inin the sense of
Finnish siis
  • siisin the sense of
French c'est-à-dire
  • c'est-à-direin the sense of
German als, wie
  • alsin the sense of
  • wiein the sense of
  • im Sinnein the sense of
Italian cioè
  • cioèin the sense of
Norwegian som i
  • som iin the sense of
Polish w sensie, czyli
  • w sensiein the sense of
  • czyliin the sense of
  • jakoin the sense of
Spanish es decir
  • es decirin the sense of
Swedish som i, alltså
  • som iin the sense of
  • alltsåin the sense of
  • det vill sägain the sense of
Tagalog talaga
  • talagato emphasize a point
Cite this entry
APA

as in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20in

MLA

“as in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “as in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20in.

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