As It Is

Definition: As It Is

As It Is

Adverb

1. In the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations; "he might have been killed; as it is he was severely injured".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: As It Is

A waste of space as it is on an unsinkable ship. (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron)

Physical wounds are fleeting - a vampire's immortal flesh begins to close as soon as it is cleaved. (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver; writing credit: Amy Hennig)

We have you patched together with scotch tape and bailing wire as it is. (Knight Rider; writing credit: Cory Applebaum; Bob Benedetto)

But on the other hand, as it is Tuesday, why don't you put your foot on the gas and see what happens. (The Holcroft Covenant; writing credit: Edward Anhalt; George Axelrod)

Well that's not sad as much as it is extremely funny. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

Some people just accept the world as it is (An Innocent Man; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is (Peace Train; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

Mexican as It Is Spoken (1911)

As It Is in Life (1910)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Confessing the One Faith: An Ecumenical Explication of the Apostolic Faith As It Is Confessed in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (reference)

• Bhagavad-Gita As It Is (reference)

• Jamaica, as It Was, as It Is, and as It May Be: Comprising Interesting Topics for Absent Proprietors, Merchants, etc., and Valuable Hints to Persons Intending To Emigrate to the Island: Also an Authentic Narrative of the Negro Insurrection in 1831; With a (reference)

• A Modest Defence of Public Stews: Or an Essay upon Whoring, As It Is Now Practis'd in These Kingdoms (The/Augustan Reprints, No 162) (reference)

• Golf As It Is Meant to Be Played: A Celebration of Donald Ross's Vision of the Game (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

View over the nominal position of New Zealand from Galileo. (New Zealand, however, is not visible in the image as it is beneath the clouds.). Credit: NASA.

Great Blue Heron nesting area, or as it is called, a heronry. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Rama Geroux, a crew member of a salmon fishing vessel, monitoring gillnet as it is reeled in. Credit: Fisheries.

Water and sediment jets through the screen as it is pumped from the riverbed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Deck personnel controlling an oceanographic buoy as it is deployed from the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Soybeans are being planted in the residue of wheat as it is being harvested. Double-cropping of soybeans in the residue left by winter wheat yields two crops during a single growing season and protects the land from erosion. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Northern face of the Pyramid as it is today. Credit: Library of Congress.

Balloon barrage training center. Aerial octopus. This strange looking creature is a tail view of one of the barrage balloons prompting the above title. The lower fin is filled with gas last as it is slowly raised from the ground. Camp Tyson, Tennessee. Credit: Library of Congress.

One room of old Trepagnier plantation house as it is today. This house is now occupied by Negroes. About 100 years ago this was the scene of an uprising on the part of Negro slaves. They were held off by M. Trepagnier until the arrival of military forces. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dancing for eels A scene from the new play of New-York as it is, as played at the Chatham Theatre, N.Y. / / Jas. Brown del. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This, so far as it is usurpation, is a change only of persons, but not of the forms and rules of the government: for if the usurper extend his power beyond what of right belonged to the lawful princes, or governors of the commonwealth, it is tyranny added to usurpation. (Second Treatise of Government)

Each Clearing Office shall in so far as it is concerned take steps to collect the fines above provided for, and will be responsible if such fines cannot be collected. (reference)

The Does' complaint, based as it is on contingencies, any one or more of which may not occur, is too speculative to present an actual case or controversy. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But, as it is, the disappointment is single, and, I trust, will not be lasting.

Nature shows us the world as it is.

Ay brother, to our grief, as it is yours.

Such is the universal law, which no man can ever outwit, and with regard to the railroad even we may say it is as broad as it is long.

There may be nothing behind it, but it doesn't make any difference so long as it is honoured.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Treatment for individual attacks is usually the same as it is for acute pancreatitis. (references)

You should check back periodically with this database as it is updated every 3 months. (references)

Referrals should be made as soon as it is clear that medical treatment is unlikely to result in further benefit. (references)

Business

This growth is important as it is closely tied to the safety and security industries. (references)

Second is solar electric, or as it is more commonly described photovoltaic (PV) energy. (references)

The U.S. health care system is more open to home care as it is more cost-effective than hospitalization. (references)

Civil Liberties

South Africa

The Constitution states that religious instruction at public schools is permitted so long as it is voluntary and religions are treated equally. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

All of Hong Kong is a duty-free zone, as it is a free port. (references)

Australia

This is as true in Australia as it is anywhere else in the world. (references)

Human Rights

Singapore

In normal cases, the Criminal Procedures Code provides that a charge against a defendant must be read and explained to him as soon as it is framed by the prosecution or the magistrate. (references)

Swaziland

However, chiefs' courts only are empowered to administer customary law "insofar as it is not repugnant to natural justice or morality," or inconsistent with the provisions of any law in force. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

The eco-label scheme, which is voluntary, will remain voluntary as it is dealt with on an EU level. (references)

Travel

Ireland

Tipping is as appropriate in Ireland as it is in the United States. (references)

Chad

The visa should be obtained prior to departure as it is virtually impossible to obtain one at the airport upon arrival. (references)

Vietnam

Traveling by train or bus is recommended only to the most seasoned and hearty of travelers as it is uncomfortable and (due to infrastructure and maintenance problems) dangerous. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Prostitution is a growing problem in Tibet, as it is elsewhere in the country, according to experts working in the region. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "as it is": just as it is ♦ such as it is. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

такъв какъвто е (such as it is), макар и недобър (such as it is). (various references)

Czech

stejnì (alike, anyhow, anyway, ditto, equally, even so, evenly, in the same way, just the same, though). (various references)

Danish

udviklingen af det transportable boretaarn,eller masten,som det normalt kaldes,har betydet en vaesentlig nedsaettelse af boreomkostningerne,navnlig en forkortelse af den tid,der bruges paa at stille et boretaarn op og tage det ned igen (as it is usually called, has resulted in a material reduction in drilling costs, or mast, primarily in the amount of time consumed in rigging up and tearing down, the development of the portable derrick), saafremt boreroeret ikke kan hentes toert op,maa der anbringes en opsamlingsanordning til borevaeske,som kan forhindre borevaesken i at blive sproejtet ud paa mandskabet og,saa vidt det er muligt,i at blive spildt ud paa boregulvet (as far as it is practicable to do so, being spilled on the floor, if the pipe cannot be pulled dry, which will prevent fluid being sprayed on personnel or), et karakteristisk traek ved austenittens struktur i de smedede chromnikkelstaal er som for de fleste FCC metaller tvillingerne (as it is in most of the face-centered cubic metals, the characteristic microstructure of the austenite in hot worked chromium-nickel steels is the twinned structure), den opstaaende europaeiske faellesskabsret (European Community law as it is currently evolving), cementit,et skoert karbid,braekker let,idet det ofte har langstrakt form (cementite is a brittle carbide and cracks readily, especially as it is often of elongated shape). (various references)

Dutch

als de boorpijp niet droog kan worden opgenhaald dient een spoelingbak aanwezig te zijn om te voorkomen dat spoeling op het personeel terecht komt en,voor zover mogelijk,dat de vloer verontreiningd wordt (as far as it is practicable to do so, being spilled on the floor, if the pipe cannot be pulled dry, which will prevent fluid being sprayed on personnel or), het kenmerkende in de structuur van het austeniet in gesmeed chroom-nikkel-staal is de tweelingvorming;dit is in de meeste kubisch vlakken gecentreerde metalen het geval (as it is in most of the face-centered cubic metals, the characteristic microstructure of the austenite in hot worked chromium-nickel steels is the twinned structure), het in werking zijnde Europese Gemeenschapsrecht (European Community law as it is currently evolving), door het midden van de pulstrommel loopt de onafhankelijk van de trommel roterende drijfas met spilkoppen of kattekoppen aan beide einden (is the catshaft, or core-reel as it is also known, through the centre of the sandline drum, which rotates independently of the drum and has capstan heads or catheads on each end), de ontwikkeling van de verplaatsbare boortoren,of mast,zoals deze meestal genoemd wordt,heeft geleid tot een aanzienlijke vermindering van de boorkosten,voornamelijk doordat het monteren en demonteren minder tijd vergt (as it is usually called, has resulted in a material reduction in drilling costs, or mast, primarily in the amount of time consumed in rigging up and tearing down, the development of the portable derrick), cementiet is een bros carbide dat gemakkelijk scheurt,voornamelijk omdat het vaak in langwerpige vorm voorkomt (cementite is a brittle carbide and cracks readily, especially as it is often of elongated shape). (various references)

Finnish

sinänsä (as such), semmoisenaan (as such). (various references)

French

un aspect structural typique de l'austénite des aciers au chrome-nickel forgés est la présence de macles, caractéristiques de la plupart des métaux cubiques � faces centrées (as it is in most of the face-centered cubic metals), sur l'axe du tambour du treuil de curage ou treuil de puisage,se trouve l'arbre du cabestan dont la rotation est indépendante de celle du tambour et qui comporte des cabestans � chaque extrémité (or core-reel as it is also known), si les tiges ne peuvent être remontées � sec,il faut les munir d'un essuie-tiges et d'un "protecteur � boue" qui empêche les projections de boue sur le personnel ou,pour autant que cela soit possible,les épandages de boue sur le plancher, le développement de la tour de forage mobile,normalement appelé mât de forage,a sensiblement réduit les coûts de forage et surtout les frais occasionnés par le temps nécessaire aux montages et démontages (as it is usually called), l'apartheid se trouve en contradiction flagrante avec ce droit fondamental et devrait être éliminé. Tant qu'il sera pratiqué, il se heurtera � la résistance de ceux auxquels on dénie les droits fondamentaux de l'homme (apartheid is in flagrant contradiction with this fundamental right and should be eliminated. As long as it is practised), la cémentite, carbure fragile, se fissure facilement d'autant plus que sa forme est souvent allongée (especially as it is often of elongated shape), droit communautaire européen en gestation (European Community law as it is currently evolving). (various references)

German

sofern das Gestaenge nicht trocken gezogen werden kann,sollte eine Spuelungsspritzschutzeinrichtung vorgesehen werden,die das Bespritzen von Personen durch fluessigkeit oder,soweit es moeglich ist,das Ausfliessen auf die Arbeitsbuehne verhindert (a mud saver device should be provided, as far as it is practicable to do so, being spilled on the floor, if the pipe cannot be pulled dry, which will prevent fluid being sprayed on personnel or), entstehendes europäisches Gemeinschaftsrecht (European Community law as it is currently evolving), ein charakteristisches Gefuegemerkmal des Austenits der geschmiedeten Chrom-Nickel-Staehle ist wie fuer die meisten kubisch-flaechenzentrierten Metalle die Zwillingsbildung (as it is in most of the face-centered cubic metals, the characteristic microstructure of the austenite in hot worked chromium-nickel steels is the twinned structure), durch die Mitte der Schlaemmtrommel,oder Kerntrommel wie sie auch genannt wird,verlaeuft die Spillwelle,die unsbhaengig von der Trommel rotiert,und an beiden Enden Spillkoepfe oder Spillrollen hat (is the catshaft, or core-reel as it is also known, through the centre of the sandline drum, which rotates independently of the drum and has capstan heads or catheads on each end), die Entwicklung des ortsbeweglichen Bohrturmes oder Mastes,wie er gewoehnlich gennant wird,hat zu einer erheblichen Senkung der Bohrkosten gefuehrt,insbesondere wegen des geringeren Zeitaufwands beim Auf-und Abbau (as it is usually called, has resulted in a material reduction in drilling costs, or mast, primarily in the amount of time consumed in rigging up and tearing down, the development of the portable derrick), die Apartheid steht in krassem Widerspruch zu diesem Grundrecht und sollte beseitigt werden. Solange sie praktiziert wird, werden sich diejenigen gegen sie auflehnen, denen die menschlichen Grundrechte vorenthalten werden (apartheid is in flagrant contradiction with this fundamental right and should be eliminated. As long as it is practised, it will be resisted by those whose basic human rights are denied), der Zementit, ein sproedes Karbid, bricht leicht, um so mehr, als er oft in laenglichen Formen vorkommt (cementite is a brittle carbide and cracks readily, especially as it is often of elongated shape). (various references)

Greek 

μια τυπική μορφή της ωστενιτικής δομής σε χρωμονικελιούχους χάλυβες θερμοκρασίας είναι η παρουσία διδύμων,φαινόμενο χαρακτηριστικό των μ (as it is in most of the face-centered cubic metals), πάνω στον άξονα του τυμπάνου του βαρούλκου καθαρισμού ή βαρούλκου αντλήσεως βρίσκεται ο άξονας του εργάτη,η περιστροφική κίνηση του οποίο� (or core-reel as it is also known), η ανάπτυξη του κινητού πύργου γεωτρήσεως,του οποίου η συνηθισμένη ονομασία είναι "ιστός γεωτρήσεως",έχει αισθητά μειώσει το κόστος της γεω�, ευρωπαϊκό κοινοτικό δίκαιο υπό διαμόρφωση (European Community law as it is currently evolving), εάν τα στελέχη δεν μπορούν να ανεβαστούν στεγνά,πρέπει να τα εφοδιάσουμε με έναν καθαριστήρα-στελεχών και με έναν "προφυλακτήρα λάσπης" που, ο σεμεντίτης είναι ενα ψαθυρό καρβίδιο και ρυγματώνεται τόσο πιο έντονα,όσο πιο επιμήκης είναι η μορφή του (cementite is a brittle carbide and cracks readily, especially as it is often of elongated shape). (various references)

Hebrew 

בלאו �"כי (anyhow, even so, in any case). (various references)

Hungarian

mivel ez a helyzet, mivel így áll az ügy. (various references)

Italian

attraverso il tamburo del tornello veloce o tornello de carotaggio(o di estrazione),come è pure chiamato,ruota indipendente un albero(catshaft)che ha un cabestano ad ogni estremit� (is the catshaft, or core-reel as it is also known, through the centre of the sandline drum, which rotates independently of the drum and has capstan heads or catheads on each end), una caratteristica strutturale dell'austenite degli acciai al cromo-nichel fucinati é, come per la maggior parte dei metalli cubici facce centrati, la formazione di geminati (as it is in most of the face-centered cubic metals, the characteristic microstructure of the austenite in hot worked chromium-nickel steels is the twinned structure), se un'asta non puo essere estratta asciutta,bisognerebbe fornirla di un dispositivo di protezione dal fango,onde evitare il più possibile che il fluido sia spruzzato sul personale,o che venga versato sul piano sonda (a mud saver device should be provided, as far as it is practicable to do so, being spilled on the floor, if the pipe cannot be pulled dry, which will prevent fluid being sprayed on personnel or), lo sviluppo della torre trasportabile,o mast,come solitamente chiamato,ha ridotto sensibilmente i costi di perforazione,primo fra tutti il tempo occorso per il montaggio e lo smontaggio dell'impianto (as it is usually called, has resulted in a material reduction in drilling costs, or mast, primarily in the amount of time consumed in rigging up and tearing down, the development of the portable derrick), La cementite, carburo fragile, si spezza tanto più facilmente quanto più è abbondante in forme allungate (cementite is a brittle carbide and cracks readily, especially as it is often of elongated shape), diritto comunitario europeo in via di elaborazione (European Community law as it is currently evolving). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

有りのまま (fact, frankly, the truth), そよ風 (after that, breath of air, degree or extent, even so, even that, gentle breeze, in itself, in that case, look at me!, look out!, look!, soft wind, sparklingly, still, well, well then, zephyr), 其の儘 (without change), 儘 (as, as one likes, because), あり方 (fact, frankly, the truth, the way something ought to be). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そのまま (without change), それなり (in itself), まま (as, as one likes, because, frequently, occasionally), ありのまま (fact, frankly, the truth), あるがまま (fact, frankly, the truth), じ�" (9th in rank, as, as one likes, battle formation, because, benevolence, camp, charity, encampment, humanity, man, ninth sign of the Chinese calendar, people, person, virtue). (various references)

Pig Latin

asay itay isay

Portuguese

parte das receitas do IVA atribuída � s instituições comunitárias europeias(a partir do momento em que for calculada numa base comum do IVA) (part of VAT receipts allotted to the Institutions of the European Communities(from such time as it is calculated on a common basis)), direito comunitário europeu em formação (European Community law as it is currently evolving). (various references)

Romanian

aşa cum stau lucrurile (as matters stand), de fapt (actually, as a matter of fact, for that matter, in effect, in point of fact, in reality, morally, practically, to all intents and purposes, virtual), în realitate (actually, in real life, in very deed, really). (various references)

Russian 

как (after, after where, as, as is, how, in the same order that, it is long time since, like, no matter how, not after, not until, nothing else than, pass since, same as, so, what a). (various references)

Spanish

como están las cosas. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: satis.

-2 letters: aits, sati, sits, tass.

-3 letters: ais, ait, ass, its, sat, sis, sit, tas, tis.

-4 letters: ai, as, at, is, it, si, ta, ti.

+1 letter: isatins.

+2 letters: amitosis, animists, dialists, diarists, distains, epitasis, imagists, isatines, mastitis, pianists, sadistic, sanities, sanitise, satirise, satirist, sciatics, simitars, sitarist, teniasis.

+3 letters: actinisms, activisms, activists, airstrips, alienists, alpinists, apiarists, assiduity, assisting, astigmias, atticisms, atticists, autistics, aviarists, baptisias, bigamists, casuistic, chiliasts, diallists, diathesis, digamists, dissipate, distrains, epistasis, epistaxis, falsities, fascistic, finalists, fishtails, gastritis, giantisms, halitosis, histamins, idealists, intarsias, iotacisms, isarithms, isostatic, isthmians, lapidists, lithiases, lithiasis, misfaiths, mispaints, mistrains, mistrials, mosaicist, nativisms, nativists, ostiaries, pacifists, passivist, passivity, patissier, saintship, sanitised, sanitises, sanitizes, satieties, satirised, satirises, satirists, satirizes, satisfied, satisfies, sciaticas, scimitars, serialist, shiitakes, sibilants, sibilates, silicates, sinistral, sitarists, socialist, spritsail, statistic, suavities, taeniasis, tailskids, tailspins, tiramisus, titanisms, triadisms, varsities, vastities, visitants, vitalises, vitalisms, vitalists, waistings, wistarias, wisterias.

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