"may as well" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "may as well",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "might as well",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "might as well",
        "4": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "may as well (third-person singular simple present may as well, no present participle, simple past might as well, no past participle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1965, Donovan, Catch the Wind",
          "text": "For me to love you now\nWould be the sweetest thing\n'Twould make me sing\nAh, but I may as well try and catch the wind",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1945, Roger S. Vreeland, The Mad Dancers",
          "text": "They continued their inspection in silence, but at last the Doctor shrugged and said they may as well go back.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express reluctance, to express that if one hypothetical or possible action happened, it would not make any notable difference"
      ],
      "id": "en-may_as_well-en-verb-IV-SIvNE",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Used to express reluctance, to express that if one hypothetical or possible action happened, it would not make any notable difference"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "might as well"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "no-past-participle",
        "no-present-participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-may as well.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/En-au-may_as_well.ogg/En-au-may_as_well.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/En-au-may_as_well.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "may as well"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "may as well",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "might as well",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "might as well",
        "4": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "may as well (third-person singular simple present may as well, no present participle, simple past might as well, no past participle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1965, Donovan, Catch the Wind",
          "text": "For me to love you now\nWould be the sweetest thing\n'Twould make me sing\nAh, but I may as well try and catch the wind",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1945, Roger S. Vreeland, The Mad Dancers",
          "text": "They continued their inspection in silence, but at last the Doctor shrugged and said they may as well go back.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express reluctance, to express that if one hypothetical or possible action happened, it would not make any notable difference"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Used to express reluctance, to express that if one hypothetical or possible action happened, it would not make any notable difference"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "no-past-participle",
        "no-present-participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/En-au-may_as_well.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "might as well"
    }
  ],
  "word": "may as well"
}