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”).

Conjunction

inasmuch as

1. Because of the fact that; since.

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

   • 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.

2. To the extent that; insofar as.

   Synonyms: inasfar as, insofar as

   You will improve, but only inasmuch as you practise.

Translations

since

• Arabic: بِقَدْر مَا (biqadr mā)
• Finnish: koska (fi)
• French: dans la mesure où (fr)
• Georgian: რახან (raxan)
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• Hungarian: minthogy (hu), mivel (hu)
• Macedonian: колку што (kolku što)
• Portuguese: já que (pt)
• Spanish: supuesto que, ya que (es), en tanto

to the extent that

• Dutch: voorzover (nl)
• Finnish: siinä määrin kuin
• French: à la condition que
• Georgian: რამდენადაც (ramdenadac)
• Hungarian: amennyiben (hu), amennyire (hu)
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• Macedonian: дотолку (dotolku), доколку (dokolku)
• Polish: o ile (pl)
• Portuguese: no que, quando (pt)
• Russian: поско́льку (ru) (poskólʹku)
• Spanish: en tanto y en cuanto