definitions

as many

1

The same number of. For example, He changed jobs four times in as many years means he changed jobs four times in four years. [c. 1400]

2

as many as. A phrase used to qualify the meaning of many as a very large number, depending on what follows it. For example, You can take as many pens as you need. [Late 1300s] Also see as ... as; as much as.

Nearby words

as it were, as level, as likely as not, as long as, as luck would have it, as many, as much, as much as, as of, as one, as regards
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