as

conjunction, preposition/æz/CEFR A2

যেহেতু, কারণ; যখন; হিসেবে; যেমন

Meaning

Used to give a reason, to mark the same time, or to say what role something has.

Example sentences

As it was raining, we stayed in.যেহেতু বৃষ্টি হচ্ছিল, আমরা ভেতরেই রইলাম।
He works as a teacher.তিনি শিক্ষক হিসেবে কাজ করেন।

Common phrases with “as”

as soon asযত তাড়াতাড়ি
as well asএছাড়াও, সেই সঙ্গে
as ifযেন
the same asএকই রকম

A common mistake

He is working as a teacher since 2020.→He has been working as a teacher since 2020.

As is fine here; the tense is not. Something continuing from a past date takes the present perfect continuous.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: because, since, while

Similar words, and what each means

because
কারণ, যেহেতু
Used to give the reason for something.
since
থেকে, যেহেতু
From a point in past time until now; or, because.
while
যখন, যতক্ষণ
During the time that something else is happening.

Other English words for “যেহেতু, কারণ; যখন; হিসেবে; যেমন”

since
From a point in past time until now; or, because.
because
Used to give the reason for something.
factor
One of the things that influences or causes a result.
reason
The cause or explanation for why something happens.
cause
A person, thing, or event that makes something happen.
while
During the time that something else is happening.

“as” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Learn the whole pair as one item — 'depend on', 'good at', 'suffer from' — instead of learning the preposition separately.
Appropriate Prepositions in English →
English gives you the same problem with a different set of verbs, and the mistake we make is treating it as a memorisation task instead of an ear task.
Irregular Verbs in English (V1, V2, V3) →
Many modern grammars add a ninth class, determiner, for words like a, the, this and my, which older books simply counted as adjectives.
Parts of Speech in English →

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