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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishas ȝif,alls iff(“as if”), fromOld English*ealswā ġif, attested only asswā ġif(“as if”), equivalent toas +‎if. CompareDutchalsof(“as if”),Low Germanas of(“as if”),Germanals ob(“as if”).

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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asif

  1. As though; in a manner suggesting.
    The old man stumbled,as if he were about to fall.
    It looksas if it's going to rain.
    • 1881–1882,Robert Louis Stevenson,Treasure Island, London; Paris:Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883,→OCLC:
      I remember himas if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow — a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man,[…]
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXV, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC,page203:
      “[…] They talk of youas if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 9, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It wasas if the world had never touched him at all.
    • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:
      Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest lookedas if they might pull it off.
  2. Inmimicry of.
    When the teacher’s back was turned, the class clown would hold his stomachas if he were ill.
  3. Indicating something that the speaker deems very unlikely, or is adamant that he or she would not do (see also interjection sense below).
    How can you even think that?As if I would inform on you to the police!

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Translations

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as though
in mimicry of

See also

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Interjection

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asif

  1. (idiomatic)Indicates that the speaker deems something highly unlikely.
    "I'm going to clean your whole house." — "As if!"
    Me, take up yoga and become a vegetarian?As if!

Translations

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interjection

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