as of
See also: asof
English
Pronunciation
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Preposition
- (idiomatic) At or by a specified time, with the implication that the said condition will be true from that time onward.
- All leave is cancelled as of now.
- The server will be down for maintenance as of tomorrow afternoon.
- 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Economy”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
- Under the most splendid house in the city is still to be found the cellar where they store their roots as of old, and long after the superstructure has disappeared posterity remark its dent in the earth.
- (idiomatic) At a specified time, with the implication that the said condition was or will be true at that time.
- The US has a population of 300 million, as of 2006.
Usage notes
- This idiom can often be replaced by "in," "at," "from," or nothing. See the blendings as of yet and as of late.
Translations
from a specified time
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