{
    "term": "as",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to describe somebody/something appearing to be somebody/something else",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were all dressed as clowns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bomb was disguised as a package."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to describe the fact that somebody/something has a particular job or function",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She works as a courier."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Treat me as a friend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I respect him as a doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can use that glass as a vase."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news came as a shock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had been there often as a child *(= when she was a child)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əz//æz/",
                "audio": "as/as/as__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əz//æz/",
                "audio": "as/as/as__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: reduced form of Old English alswā ‘similarly’ (see also)."
}