The as-structure is a constitutive feature of every experience of entities in the world – namely, the way they always present themselves in terms of a “for something.” According to Heidegger, the “as-structure” is a character of both interpretation and assertion. He argues that it is only because all things are already discovered and articulated in what they are for – i.e., are already interpreted as something in our practical comportment – that we can formulate assertions about them.