as much as
Adverb
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Adverb
as much as (not comparable)
- 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.
- c. 1587–1588, [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 ↗:
- 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, […]
- So much as, even.
- French: rien moins que
- German: beinahe, so gut wie, fast, sozusagen, quasi
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see as, much
- Take as much as you like.
- Used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree
- He likes caramel as much as he likes fudge.
- Used to say that an amount is as large as another amount
- He earns nearly as much as she does.
- Even though; despite the fact that; much as.
- As much as I dislike him, I still voted for him.
- (even though) although, much as; see also Thesaurus:even though
- French: autant que
- French: autant que
- German: so sehr wie
- Spanish: igual que
- French: autant que
- German: so viel wie
- Italian: tanto quanto
- Portuguese: tanto quanto
- Spanish: tanto como
- German: so sehr (subject) (object) auch (verb)
- Italian: per quanto
- Portuguese: por mais que
- Spanish: por mucho que, por más que
- as few as
- as little as
- as many as
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