Phrase guide

as much as possible

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

As much as is possible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

to a feasible extent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she helped him as much as possible

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: as far as possible

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَدْر اَلْمُسْتَطَاع (qadr al-mustaṭāʕ) — as much as is possible
  • Arabic: قَدْر اَلْإِمْكَان (qadr al-ʔimkān) — as much as is possible
  • Azerbaijani: mümkün olduğu qədər — as much as is possible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儘量 /尽量 (jǐnliàng) — as much as is possible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盡可能 /尽可能 (jìnkěnéng) — as much as is possible
  • Dutch: zo veel mogelijk — as much as is possible
  • Finnish: niin paljon kuin mahdollista — as much as is possible
  • Finnish: mahdollisimman paljon — as much as is possible
  • French: autant que possible — as much as is possible
  • French: le plus possible — as much as is possible
  • Galician: todo o posíbel — as much as is possible
  • German: so viel wie möglich — as much as is possible
  • German: möglichst viel — as much as is possible
  • Hebrew: ככל האפשר (kekhol ha'efshar) — as much as is possible
  • Hindi: जितना हो सके (jitnā ho sake) — as much as is possible
  • Hindi: जितना हो सकें (jitnā ho sakẽ) — as much as is possible
  • Hungarian: minél többet — as much as is possible
  • Hungarian: amennyit csak lehet — as much as is possible
  • Hungarian: a lehető legtöbbet — as much as is possible
  • Hungarian: minél inkább — as much as is possible
  • Hungarian: minél jobban — as much as is possible
  • Hungarian: amennyire csak lehet — as much as is possible
  • Ido: tam multa kam posible — as much as is possible
  • Japanese: できるだけ (dekiru dake) — as much as is possible
  • Japanese: 有らん限り (aran kagiri) — as much as is possible
  • Japanese: 成るべく (naru-beku) — as much as is possible
  • Malay: sedapat mungkin — as much as is possible
  • Norwegian Bokmål: så mye som mulig — as much as is possible
  • Persian: تا جای امکان (tâ jây-e emkân) — as much as is possible
  • Persian: حتیالامکان (hattal-emkân) — as much as is possible
  • Persian: حتیالمقدور (hattal-maqdur) — as much as is possible
  • Polish: jak — as much as is possible
  • Portuguese: todo o possível — as much as is possible
  • Portuguese: o máximo possível — as much as is possible
  • Romanian: cât de mult posibil — as much as is possible
  • Russian: как мо́жно бо́льше (kak móžno bólʹše) — as much as is possible
  • Serbo-Croatian: što je više moguće — as much as is possible
  • Spanish: todo lo posible — as much as is possible
  • Swedish: så mycket som det går — as much as is possible
  • Tagalog: hanggang maaari — as much as is possible
  • Telugu: వీలైనంతవరకు (vīlainantavaraku) — as much as is possible
  • Turkish: mümkün mertebe — as much as is possible
  • Ottoman Turkish: ممكن مرتبه (mümkin mertebe) — as much as is possible
  • Vietnamese: càng thêm càng tốt — as much as is possible
  • Vietnamese: nhiều nhất có thể — as much as is possible
  • Volapük: mögiküno — as much as is possible