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

Tesla China had yet to report September deliveries as of Wednesday afternoon. — Matthew Tan,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Facebook More than 275,000 people have liked the post as of Wednesday morning and it's been shared over 8,000 times. — Digital Producer, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Opponents include Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who had dumped more than $100 million into the effort as of early August, with a long list of other tech billionaires chipping in as well. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

One platform is cleaner than two, at any rate, and may help Skydance in the subscriber race against Netflix (which had 325 million as of January). — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for as of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove

Kids Definition

as of

preposition

: on entry 1 sense 3, at

we begin work as of Tuesday

as of the moment, things are fine