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as much as

as much as adverb: practically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described.

Adverb

as much as (not comparable)

  1. Practically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described.
    • She as much as admitted to lying.
    • 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...
  2. 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

Conjunction

as much as

  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
    Synonyms:
    although, much as

as much as meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

as much as in Hindi

as much as
जितना jitnā

as much as in Tamil

எதா

as much as in Marathi

as much as
जेवढे jevḍhe

as much as in Urdu

as much as
اتنا itnā
More languagesFewer languages
as much as in Sanskrit
यावत् yā́vat

Synonyms of as much as

Questions about as much as

What does as much as mean?
As much as means practically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described.
What is as much as in Hindi?
As much as in Hindi is जितना (jitnā). See As much as meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is as much as?
As much as can be an adverb or a conjunction.

Words near as much as in the dictionary

  1. as luck would have it
  2. as mad as a cut snake
  3. as memory serves
  4. as much
  5. as much again
  6. as much as
  7. as much as possible
  8. as much sinning as sinned against
  9. as much use as a chocolate fireguard
  10. as much use as a chocolate teapot
  11. as near as makes no difference

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: as much as (page history and authors); जितना (Hindi) (page history and authors); as much as (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जेवढे (Marathi) (page history and authors); اتنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); यावत् (Sanskrit) (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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