Q:

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom from the passage. As of

• 1
  Comparisons to refer to the extent or degree of something.
• 2
  The function or character that someone or something has.
• 3
  Commencing on or from a certain time or date.
• 4
  For the reason that; since.
• 5
  Close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact.