(adv. & conj.) Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.
(adv. & conj.) In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
(adv. & conj.) While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
(adv. & conj.) Because; since; it being the case that.
(adv. & conj.) Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
(adv. & conj.) That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
(adv. & conj.) As if; as though.
(adv. & conj.) For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.
(adv. & conj.) Than.
(adv. & conj.) Expressing a wish.
(n.) An ace.
(n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
(n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
Example Sentences:
Libra
Definition:
(n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
(n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
Example Sentences:
(1) A simple test of the positive connection between renal disease and the sign of Libra was undertaken by studying the birth dates of consecutive nephrology in-patient admissions.
(2) The first, Gliese 581d, is among several that circle one of Earth's nearest stars, a cool red dwarf around 20 light years away in the constellation Libra.
(3) Luscious Libras Luscious Libras Photograph: Alicia Canter "This is our walkabout performance – we're a Mexican-wrestling thumb-war team.
(4) Catton, a Libra, admitted she had not checked her horoscope but there was a significant astrological aspect to her winning, as the last New Zealander to win was 28 years ago, an important astrological number – "it is the time that Saturn takes to orbit around the Earth."
(5) He is turning 60 in October (taking advantage of this milestone to release a 25-year retrospective box-set of CDs and DVDs) and so, to break the ice, I ask him if this makes him a Libra, believing that my feigned interest in astrology will doubtless appeal to his "spiritual" side.
(6) In Brazil, BG’s assets would give Shell a further foothold in one of the lowest cost basins in the world, and could add potential synergies with Shell’s Libra assets.