"so much as" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} so much as (not comparable)
  1. Even; suggests a minimum, especially regarding what might be expected. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: as much as Translations (even): edes (Finnish), choćby (Polish), даже не (daže ne) (Russian), хотя бы (xotja by) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-so_much_as-en-adv-cNfhQp-Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'even': 100 0
  2. But rather. Tags: not-comparable Translations (but rather): vaan (Finnish), не столько, сколько (ne stolʹko, skolʹko) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-so_much_as-en-adv-7vqzGLti Disambiguation of 'but rather': 3 97

Download JSON data for so much as meaning in English (1.7kB)

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "even",
      "word": "edes"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "even",
      "word": "choćby"
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      "sense": "even",
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