much as
UK/ˈmʌt͡ʃ ˌæz/
much as conjunction: as much as; however much; although; even though.
Conjunction
much as
- As much as; however much; although; even though.
- (As) much as I'd like to join you, I'm afraid I can't.
- The Blackfeet knew and marked him as he passed; their eyes glared with vindictive fury; he was within bowshot of their ambuscade; yet, much as they thirsted for his blood, they forbore to launch a shaft; sparing him for the moment, that he might lead them to their prey.1837, Washington Irving, chapter XVI, in The Rocky Mountains: Or, Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Far West; […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard...
- Synonyms:
- howbeit, albeit, although, as, as much as, despite that, even though, though, thoughbeit, while
- Largely in the same way as.
- You cook it much as you would a potato.
- [H]e disappeared into his house much as a startled weazel makes for its hole.1888, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Old Dominie”, in Auld Licht Idylls, London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 138
- Synonyms:
- like as
much as meaning in Urdu
much as in Urdu
- پھر بھی, تاہم
Examples of much as in a sentence
- This, and the necessity of ready money, compelled him to decide on an auction, much as he would have preferred to keep the venerable goods.1894 December – 1895 November, Thomas Hardy, chapter VI, in Jude the Obscure, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]...
- Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative.1927, M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi, “Child Marriage”, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from...
- For his part, [Shashi] Tharoor cannot forbear to praise the achievements of men like Arthur Cotton, whose Godavari Delta irrigation scheme remains much as he left it in 1852.2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor, London Review of Books, volume 39, number 17, London: LRB...
Synonyms of much as
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Origin of much as
From much (“used to compare, demonstrate, or indicate the quantity of something”) + as.
Questions about much as
- What does much as mean?
- Much as means as much as; however much; although; even though.
- What is much as in Urdu?
- Much as in Urdu is پھر بھی, تاہم. See Much as meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use much as in a sentence?
- This, and the necessity of ready money, compelled him to decide on an auction, much as he would have preferred to keep the venerable goods.
- What part of speech is much as?
- Much as is a conjunction.
- How do you pronounce much as?
- Much as is pronounced /ˈmʌt͡ʃ ˌæz/ (UK).
Words near much as in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: much as (page history and authors); much as (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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