Definition of "as much as"

as much as

adverb
not comparable
1. Practically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described.
  Quotations
  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, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, (please specify the page)
  It's too damn foolish; why he as much as said so himself.
  1921 February, Edwin Balmer, “Settled Down”, in Everybody's Magazine‎, volume 44, number 2, page 50
2. So much as, even.
  Quotations
  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, page 154
conjunction
1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as,‎ much.
2. Used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree
3. Used to say that an amount is as large as another amount
4. Even though; despite the fact that
  Quotations
  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

Definition of "as much as"

as much as

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