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as much as en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Practically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described.
    • Theridimas my friend, take here my hand, Which is as much as if I ſwore by heauen, And call’d the Gods to witneſſe of my vowe, […] c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
    • She as much as admitted to lying.
    • It's too damn foolish; why he as much as said so himself. 1921 February, Edwin Balmer, “Settled Down”, in Everybody's Magazine, volume 44, number 2, page 50:
  2. (not-comparable) So much as, even.
    • For as soon as he as much as took out his pince-nez to read the newspaper, the privy councilor's wife was his advance trumpeter, who sounded the fanfare and said, "Now Papa puts on his eyes." 2005, Brigitte Goldstein, transl., Mr. Brecher's Fiasco, →ISBN, page 154:

Translations (10)

pl praktycznie (practically, no less than) · de sozusagen (practically, no less than) · de so gut wie (practically, no less than) · fi käytännössä (practically, no less than) · de beinahe (practically, no less than) · pl właściwie (practically, no less than) · fi ikään kuin (practically, no less than) · fr rien moins que (practically, no less than) · de quasi (practically, no less than) · de fast (practically, no less than)

as much as en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, much.
    • Take as much as you like.
  2. Used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree
    • He likes caramel as much as he likes fudge.
    • The second union panel, "The Future of Clerical and Service Work: Unionization," consisted entirely of union organizers […] each stressed the need for grassroots organizing, coalitions, and community involvement, and seemed to view the government as an adversary as much as an ally. 1985 December 7, Pam Mitchell, Stephanie Poggi, “Feminists & the State Discuss Women at Work”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 6:
  3. Used to say that an amount is as large as another amount
    • He earns nearly as much as she does.
  4. Even though; despite the fact that; much as.
    • As much as I dislike him, I still voted for him.
    • For as much as the Downton Abbey alum has capitalized on his leading-man presentability—how suited he is to wearing suits—his best performances play deviously on that quality. 2021 September 16, A. A. Dowd, “Dan Stevens as a dashing robot lover? That computes”, in AV Club:

Relateds

as many as · as few as · as little as · as much · much as

Synonyms

although (even though) · much as

Translations (42)

fi saman verran kuin (two things are equal in amount or degree) · pl tak wiele jak (literally) · pt por mais que (even though; despite the fact that) · es igual que (two things are equal in amount or degree) · fr autant que (literally) · es por más que (even though; despite the fact that) · fi niin paljon kuin (literally) · pl tak jak (even though; despite the fact that) · es aunque más (even though; despite the fact that) · hu ugyanúgy (two things are equal in amount or degree) · fi yhtä paljon kuin (an amount is as large as another amount) · pl tyle co (literally) · es tanto como (an amount is as large as another amount) · oc tant coma (an amount is as large as another amount) · de so sehr wie (two things are equal in amount or degree) · es cuanto (literally) · es por mucho que (even though; despite the fact that) · fr quand bien même (even though; despite the fact that) · it tanto quanto (an amount is as large as another amount) · ca per molt que (even though; despite the fact that) · it per quanto (even though; despite the fact that) · hu úgy (two things are equal in amount or degree) · fr autant que (two things are equal in amount or degree) · pl tyle co (an amount is as large as another amount) · pl tak samo jak (two things are equal in amount or degree) · de so sehr auch (even though; despite the fact that) · pl tak wiele jak (an amount is as large as another amount) · es tanto como (two things are equal in amount or degree) · hu amennyi (an amount is as large as another amount) · hu annyira (two things are equal in amount or degree) · fr autant que (an amount is as large as another amount) · de so viel wie (an amount is as large as another amount) · gl tanto como (an amount is as large as another amount) · fi yhtä paljon kuin (two things are equal in amount or degree) · fi vaikka (even though; despite the fact that) · hu ugyanannyira (two things are equal in amount or degree) · fi saman verran kuin (an amount is as large as another amount) · unm ëlkikwi (literally) · ca tant com (an amount is as large as another amount) · hu bármennyire is (even though; despite the fact that) · pt tanto quanto (an amount is as large as another amount) · hu (annyi …) amennyi (literally)