inasmuch as

English

Alternative forms

• in as much as

Etymology

From Middle English in as muche as, in as muchel as (“as far as, as much as, seeing that, since, as long as, so that”).

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

inasmuch as

1. Because of the fact that; since.

   Synonyms: as, for, given that, insomuch as; see also Thesaurus:because

   • 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:

     Which it certainly was. Admiration was the universal sentiment, though some objected that the reply to "Is it a bear?" ought to have been "Yes;" inasmuch as an answer in the negative was sufficient to have diverted their thoughts from Mr. Scrooge, supposing they had ever had any tendency that way.

   • 1940 [1925–29], Mahadev Desai, chapter 27, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth‎^[1], part 1, translation of original by M.K. Gandhi:

     This was a hardship in as much as inquiry showed that even in vegetarian restaurants many courses used to contain eggs. This meant that unless I knew what was what, I had to go through the awkward process of ascertaining whether a particular course contained eggs or no, for many puddings and cakes were not free from them.

   • 1952, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Moroccan air base construction. 2 v, page 618:

     This employee was engaged to direct asphalt plants and inasmuch as the work for which he had been employed was completed, he was surplused and his return travel was approved […]

2. To the extent that; insofar as.

   Synonyms: inasfar as, insofar as

   You will improve, but only inasmuch as you practise.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 25:35–40:

     35 For I was an hungred, and yee gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye tooke me in:
     36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sicke, and yee visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me.
     37 Then shal the righteous answere him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fedde thee? or thirstie, and gaue thee drinke?
     38 When saw wee thee a stranger, and tooke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
     39 Or when saw we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?
     40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Uerely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.

   • 1901, M[atthew] P[hipps] Shiel, The Purple Cloud, New York, N.Y.: Vanguard Press, published 1930, →OCLC, page 85:

     [G]arishly enough they [gas jets] glared there, transparently wannish as it were shamed, like blinking night-things surprised by the brilliance of day, they having so flared and stared for months, or years, inasmuch as they were now blazing diminished, with streaks and rays in the flame, as if by effort: […]

Translations

since

• Arabic: بِقَدْر مَا (biqadr mā)
• Finnish: koska (fi)
• French: dans la mesure où (fr)
• Georgian: რახან (raxan)
• German: alldieweil (de) (dated), da (de)
• Hungarian: minthogy (hu), mivel (hu)
• Macedonian: колку што (kolku što)
• Polish: jako że (pl)
• Portuguese: já que (pt)
• Spanish: supuesto que, ya que (es), en tanto (es)
• Swedish: alldenstund (sv)
• Ukrainian: оскі́льки (oskílʹky)

to the extent that

• Dutch: voorzover (nl)
• Finnish: siinä määrin kuin
• French: à la condition que
• Georgian: რამდენადაც (ramdenadac)
• German: insoweit (de)
• Hungarian: amennyiben (hu), amennyire (hu)
• Latin: quoniam (la)
• Macedonian: дотолку (dotolku), доколку (dokolku)
• Polish: o ile (pl)
• Portuguese: no que, quando (pt)
• Russian: поско́льку (ru) (poskólʹku)
• Spanish: en tanto y en cuanto, en su tanto (es), en la medida en que
• Swedish: såtillvida (sv)
• Ukrainian: оскі́льки (oskílʹky)

References

• “inasmuch as”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “inasmuch as”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.