AS IT IS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does as it is mean? 

• AS IT IS (adverb)
  The adverb AS IT IS has 1 sense:

1. in the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations

  Familiarity information: AS IT IS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AS IT IS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations

Context example:

he might have been killed; as it is he was severely injured

 Context examples 

“And leave the litter as it is?” he cried, mischievously.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You must leave it as it is.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You smoke more than enough as it is, and the brand of tobacco will make no difference.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The continent, as far as it is subject to the monarch of the flying island, passes under the general name of Balnibarbi; and the metropolis, as I said before, is called Lagado.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

But this was not done so easily as it is written.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

You may sleep without doubt. Strange and terrible as it is, it is true! I will pledge my life on it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

This new moon is as strong as it is lovely and may have an effect on you for weeks that follow.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It has little significant energy value as it is largely eliminated from the body before any metabolism can take place.

(Mannitol, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

In Canada and Greenland, the term Eskimo has fallen out of favor, as it is considered pejorative by the natives and has been replaced by the term Inuit.

(Eskimo, NCI Thesaurus)

An organization who takes part in the distribution chain for a product, as it is moved from its producer to the ultimate consumer.

(Distributor, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)