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See also:asin,ASIN,andA-sin

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asin (notcomparable)

  1. (idiomatic, conjunctive) In the sense of.
    Synonyms:namely,i.e.
    "bow"as in the weapon, not the front of a ship
    • 1972,Investors Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette‎[1], volume22:
      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).
    • 2010, Daphne Clair,The Marriage Debt‎[2]:
      '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.'
    1. As pronounced in.
      That's Bas in boy.
  2. (informal) By which I mean;that is to say.
    The TV is completely broken,as in I can't get any picture at all.
    • 1989 April 15, Eileen Bolinsky, Wendy Bennet-Alder, “I'm Slowly Getting To The Anger”, inGay Community News, page 9:
      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.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeas,‎in.
    In Sweden,as in most countries, ...

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in the sense of

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