(Preposition)AS

CLASSIFY AS: put in a particular class. Shares ina company are not

classified  as goods.

DERIDE AS: mock at, consider something as trivial. Their efforts to

deride my work as insignificant proved useless.

DESCRIBE AS: narrate, state. she desbribes herself as a specialist in

decoration. He has a strong desire for rehana.

HAIL AS: to describe something as very important. His poems are hailed

as classics.

LABEL AS: use a word or phrase to describe somebody or something. He

was labelled as trouble-shooter.

MASQUERADE AS: to pretend to be someone else. He masquerade as a

police inspector.

NOMINATE AS: choose somebody for a particular work. They nominated

prahlas as their representative.

QUALIFY AS: be able to practise a profession. She qualified as a

computer professional.

RAISE AS: bring up. His parents raised her as a hindu.

RANK AS: have the qualities of. Gandhiji ranks as one of the gretest

men of the century.

RATE AS: have the standard of. He was rated as one of the bravest soldier.

RECKON AS: consider as. He wanted to be reckoned as a comrade.

RECOGNISE AS: accept something or somebody as an authority etc. The

court has yet to recognize her as his legal wife.

REGARD AS: consider or reckon as. Lata regards me as her best friend.

RENOWN AS: fame, admiration etc as. His renown as a champion of

farmers is known to me.

REPRESENT AS: appear in a particular role or position. He represented

himself as a man of trust.

SERVE AS: be useful for a particular purpose. The leafs served as

plates for the food