Meanings
- not comparableIn the actual circumstances (and often contrary to expectations).
As it is, Tokyo is relatively unaffected.
2011 March 14, “Search And Rescue Continues In Japan Disaster”, in Talk of the Nation2 more examples
The roosters would look awesome, their beaks fearsome weapons. A frightening thought. As it is, each rooster needed to be tethered to his own hut to keep them from pecking each other's eyes out.
2004 Fall, Kit Coyne Irwin, “Blind Spot”, in The Kenyon Review, volume 26, number 4, page 108Had you not been wearing such a fine boot, your leg probably would have broken. As it is, the bruise is a deep one.
2008, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, A dangerous climate - not comparableAlready; without adding further difficulty or complexity.
Right now it is too dangerous to obsess about such things. It will only make life harder, and life is hard enough as it is.
2010, David Zimmerman, The Sandbox
Translations
French en l'état, tel quel
- en l'étatin the actual circumstances
- tel quelin the actual circumstances
German wie es ist
- wie es istin the actual circumstances
Persian آنگونه که هست
- آنگونه که هست (ângune ke hast)in the actual circumstances
Polish i tak
- i takalready
Portuguese do jeito que está
- do jeito que estáin the actual circumstances
Russian как есть, и та́к
- как есть (kak jestʹ)in the actual circumstances
- и та́к (i ták)already
Spanish tal cual
- tal cualin the actual circumstances
Swedish som det är
- som det äralready
Tamil ஏற்கனவே
- ஏற்கனவே (ēṟkaṉavē)already
Urdu پہلے سے ہی
- پہلے سے ہی (pehle se hī)already
Cite this entry
as it is. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20it%20is
“as it is.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20it%20is. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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