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As to suggest the idea that; as if, as would be true if.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I felt sick, as though I'd just eaten a dozen bad oysters.
- She reached out, as though to touch my face.
- It always seemed as though we'd get married.
- You spend as though you were filthy rich, when you hardly make ends meet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
كَمَا لَو
(kamā law)
— as to suggest that
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Arabic:
كَأَنَّ
(kaʔanna)
— as to suggest that
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Bulgarian:
сякаш
(sjakaš)
— as to suggest that
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Bulgarian:
все едно
(vse edno)
— as to suggest that
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Bulgarian:
като че ли
(kato če li)
— as to suggest that
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Chinese Mandarin:
仿佛 or 彷彿 /彷佛
(fǎngfú)
— as to suggest that
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Chinese Mandarin:
似乎
(sìhū)
— as to suggest that
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Chinese Mandarin:
好像
(hǎoxiàng)
— as to suggest that
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Dutch:
alsof
— as to suggest that
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Esperanto:
kvazaŭ
— as to suggest that
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Finnish:
niin kuin
— as to suggest that
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French:
comme si
— as to suggest that
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French:
comme pour
— as to suggest that
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Galician:
como se
— as to suggest that
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Georgian:
თითქოს
(titkos)
— as to suggest that
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Georgian:
თითქოსდა
(titkosda)
— as to suggest that
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German:
als ob
— as to suggest that
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German:
als wenn
— as to suggest that
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Greek:
λες και
(les kai)
— as to suggest that
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Gujarati:
જાણે
(jāṇe)
— as to suggest that
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Hungarian:
mintha
— as to suggest that
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Ido:
quaze
— as to suggest that
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Indonesian:
seakan-akan
— as to suggest that
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Indonesian:
seolah-olah
— as to suggest that
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Irish:
amhail is
— as to suggest that
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Irish:
ar nós dá
— as to suggest that
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Irish:
ar nós mar
— as to suggest that
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Italian:
come se
— as to suggest that
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Japanese:
...のようだ
(maru-de...)
— as to suggest that
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Old English:
swelċe
— as to suggest that
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Persian:
انگار
(engâr)
— as to suggest that
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Persian:
مثل اینکه
(mesl-e inke)
— as to suggest that
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Portuguese:
como se
— as to suggest that
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Romanian:
ca și cum
— as to suggest that
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Romanian:
de parcă
— as to suggest that
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Romanian:
de zici că
— as to suggest that
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Russian:
как бу́дто
(kak búdto)
— as to suggest that
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Russian:
бу́дто
(búdto)
— as to suggest that
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Russian:
сло́вно
(slóvno)
— as to suggest that
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Serbo-Croatian:
као да
— as to suggest that
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Serbo-Croatian:
као што
— as to suggest that
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Serbo-Croatian:
kao da
— as to suggest that
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Serbo-Croatian:
kao što
— as to suggest that
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Thai:
เหมือน
(mʉ̌ʉan)
— as to suggest that
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Thai:
เหมือนกับว่า
— as to suggest that
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Thai:
ราวกับ
— as to suggest that
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Thai:
ราวกับว่า
— as to suggest that
-
Tocharian B:
ramt
— as to suggest that
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Turkish:
-ca
— as to suggest that
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Turkish:
-ça
— as to suggest that
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Turkish:
-ce
— as to suggest that
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Turkish:
-çe
— as to suggest that
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Turkish:
-casına
— as to suggest that
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Yiddish:
ווי
(vi)
— as to suggest that