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as much

as much determiner: such an amount of.

Determiner

as much

  1. Such an amount of.
    • I didn't realise he'd lost as much money.
  2. The same amount of; no less.
    • I have as much right to park here as you do.
    • I'm earning more money now, but I don't have as much free time.
  3. Used with a modifier to indicate a relative amount.
    • I have twice as much money as my sister, but only half as much as my brother.

Pronoun

as much

  1. As determiner, above, but with the complement omitted and stated elsewhere or understood from context.
    • There used to be a lot of sand on this beach, but now there isn't as much.
  2. With the complement indicated with 'of'.
    • I devote as much of my life as I can to my family.
  3. That same thing (or something amounting to it), referring to something previously mentioned.
    • I think she's overweight, but when I said as much to her, she got very upset.
    • I doubt you have any claim against the bank; it says as much in the terms and conditions.

Adverb

as much (not comparable)

  1. To the same extent.
    • I like Katie a lot, but I don't like Hannah as much.
    • It is as much your fault as mine.
  2. Used with a modifier to indicate a relative extent.
    • I like you twice as much as I like Lucy.
  3. Precisely that.
    • I think she's overweight, but when I said as much to her, she got very upset.
    • Spending on health is half again as much as last year.

as much meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and Sanskrit

as much in Hindi

as much
जितना jitnā

as much in Marathi

as much, as many, as large
जेवढे jevḍhe
as much, as many
जितके jitke

as much in Punjabi

as much
ਜਿੰਨਾ jinnā

as much in Sanskrit

as much; as great; as large; as long
यावत् yā́vat
More languagesFewer languages
as much in Assamese
যিমান ziman

Synonyms of as much

Questions about as much

What does as much mean?
As much means such an amount of.
What is as much in Hindi?
As much in Hindi is जितना (jitnā). See As much meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is as much?
As much can be a determiner, a pronoun or an adverb.

Words near as much in the dictionary

  1. as long as
  2. as luck may have it
  3. as luck would have it
  4. as mad as a cut snake
  5. as memory serves
  6. as much
  7. as much again
  8. as much as
  9. as much as possible
  10. as much sinning as sinned against
  11. as much use as a chocolate fireguard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as much (page history and authors); जितना (Hindi) (page history and authors); जितके (Marathi) (page history and authors); ਜਿੰਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); यावत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); যিমান (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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