"as good as" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} as good as (not comparable)
  1. almost, virtually, practically; tantamount to Tags: not-comparable Translations (almost completely): 几乎 (jīhū) (Chinese Mandarin), så godt som (Danish), zo goed als (Dutch), käytännössä (Finnish), déjà (French), pratiquement (French), presque (French), tout comme (French), so gut wie (German), så godt som (Norwegian Bokmål), prawie (Polish), niemal (Polish), równie dobrze (Polish), praticamente (Portuguese), всё равно́ что (vsjo ravnó što) (Russian), почти́ (alt: что) (Russian), факти́чески (faktíčeski) (Russian), практи́чески (praktíčeski) (Russian), så gott som (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-as_good_as-en-adv-AFnNiBeg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "så godt som"
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      "sense": "almost completely",
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