as if
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "as if"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϝ⧇āύ, āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ

used to describe a situation or action that appears to be true or happening, but it is not the case, emphasizing that it is hypothetical
as if definition and meaning
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He acted as if he had never met her before, even though they had been friends for years.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇āύ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āύāĻŋ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϝ⧇āύ!, āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāύ⧋ āύāĻž!

used to express disbelief, skepticism, or mockery of a statement or idea
as if definition and meaning
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As if! He thinks he can win.
āϝ⧇āύ! āϏ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϜāĻŋāϤāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ