as of

preposition

: on, at, from

—used to indicate a time or date at which something begins or ends

takes effect as of July 1

As of now, it's difficult to tell in a cancer's early stage which patients have which kind of tumor.

—Melinda Beck

As of last year [2010], women held 51.4 percent of all managerial and professional positions, up from 26 percent in 1980 …

—Kate Bolick

Examples of as of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The big picture: While recycling and composting in the U.S. have increased in recent decades, recyclable or compostable materials going to landfills still increased as of 2018, per the most recent data published by the EPA. —Jason Clayworth, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024

Winter weather advisories have been issued across the northern Plains states and across the Northeast as of Monday morning. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024

The company had a market value of $11.2 billion as of Monday morning. —Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024

Rx Kids has so far distributed about $4.7 million to more than 1,200 families in Flint, as of early December. —Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

as of

preposition

: on entry 1 sense 3, at

we begin work as of Tuesday

as of the moment, things are fine