autant que

• IPA^(key): /o.tɑ̃ kə/

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autant que

1. as much as, as far as

   Travaillez autant que vous pourrez. ― Work as much as you can.

   Je le défends autant que je puis. ― I defend it as much as I can.

   • 2011, Jean-Pierre Cabestan, “L'Asie central vue de Chine [Central Asia viewed from China]”, in Relations internationales‎, volume 145, pages 53—70:

     les pays d’Asie centrale ne s’investissent pas autant que la Chine dans l’Organisation de coopération de Shanghai.

     The countries of Central Asia are not as invested as much as China [is] in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

   • 1857, Phillippe Athanase Cucheval-Clarigny, Histoire de la presse en Angleterre et aux États-Unis, page 472:

     Réunies en volumes, ces lettres ont été goûtées en Angleterre presque autant qu’aux États-Unis, et ont eu plusieurs éditions.

     Collected into volumes, these letters have been appreciated in England as much as in the United States, and have had several editions.

2. as well as
   • 1683, Nicolas Boileau, Le Lutrin, volume IV:

     Pour moi, je lis la Bible autant que l’Alcoran.

     As for me, I read the Bible as well as the Quran.

3. just as well, might as well/may as well

   Je n’ai rien à vous dire, alors autant que vous gardiez le silence. ― I have nothing to say to you, so you might as well keep silent.

The verb that follows autant que must be in the subjunctive form.