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.

   • 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, […]

2. So much as, even.

• French: rien moins que
• German: beinahe, so gut wie, fast, sozusagen, quasi

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: 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.

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.

• (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