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much as

much as

502 2.5
In the same way as someone or something
  • idiom
translation icon : por mucho que
  • I'm glad we've gotten to be with each other as much as we have over the years.
  • much as I love
  • much as parents do

You're still enjoying it, but not as much as the first time.

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Examples

  • The difference is really not as much as you might want, though.

  • Should we care for them as much as we care for us?

  • Does this person like me as much as I think I like them?

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • The Church, to begin with, continued to operate much as it had in the past.

    Academic text (1990)

  • People don't want more content as much as they want more access.

  • He wants to win just as much as we do.

    Attack of the Sabretooth (2005)

  • I like to get out of the house as much as I can, don't you?

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Teenagers here are treated as adults, marrying young and living much as their ancestors did.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The social life of Jared's establishment continued much as it had when he was in residence.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • She enjoys painting as much as her sister enjoys dancing.

Synonyms

so
vsmuch as
∞ 1.0

In the same way

is less demonstrative and more generally similar in manner
just like
vsmuch as
∞ 1.0

Exactly in the same way as someone or something else

expresses general similarity not precise identity
just as
vsmuch as
317 1.0

In the same way as another action

is more general similarity rather than exact sameness
similarly
vsmuch as
226 2.2

In the same way as what was just said

is used for similarity in manner rather than precise match
likewise
vsmuch as
153 3.6

In the same way as someone or something else

is a broader phrase for similarity in manner
equivalently
vsmuch as
1 5.1

In a way that has the same meaning or value as something else

focuses on shared manner rather than equal value or effect
analogously
vsmuch as
  • Formal
1 6.8

In a way that is like another situation

is about direct manner similarity rather than comparative analogy

Antonyms

dissimilarly
4.8

In a different way

Surface Forms

much as positive

Morphology

much + as

The phrase combines 'much' (a degree adverb) with comparative 'as', so the sense 'in much the same manner' is directly derivable by a learner who knows both words. This degree-plus-comparison composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and therefore readily comprehensible at B1.

Etymology

Much as creates a picture of one person doing something much like another person did as they did it 'in a similar way'. So we use much as to say two actions happen in the same way.