"much as" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "much as < → δείτε τις λέξεις much και as",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "much as",
      "source": "header"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Much as I admire him, I don’t love him.",
          "translation": "Μολονότι τον θαυμάζω πολύ, δεν τον αγαπώ."
        },
        {
          "text": "Much as we don’t want it to be, it is the reality.",
          "translation": "Όσο και να μην το θέλουμε, αυτή είναι η πραγματικότητα."
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: → δείτε τον όρο even though"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "μολονότι…πολύ, όσο και να"
      ],
      "id": "el-much_as-en-phrase-ubK0m2Kc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "much as"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "much as < → δείτε τις λέξεις much και as",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "much as",
      "source": "header"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Much as I admire him, I don’t love him.",
          "translation": "Μολονότι τον θαυμάζω πολύ, δεν τον αγαπώ."
        },
        {
          "text": "Much as we don’t want it to be, it is the reality.",
          "translation": "Όσο και να μην το θέλουμε, αυτή είναι η πραγματικότητα."
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: → δείτε τον όρο even though"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "μολονότι…πολύ, όσο και να"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "much as"
}