No. 701 in Indonesian
sebanyak
"As much as" or "as many as."
In a sentence
Dia membaca sebanyak lima buku dalam sebulan.
He read as many as five books in a month.
The word 'sebanyak' is used to express a quantity, equivalent to 'as many as' in English, signifying a large or specific amount.
Peserta yang hadir sebanyak dua ratus orang.
The attendees totaled two hundred people.
In this sentence, 'sebanyak' refers to the total count of participants.
Saya akan membeli buah, sebanyak tiga kilogram mangga.
I will buy fruit, as many as three kilograms of mangoes.
'Sebanyak' is used here to specify the quantity of the item being purchased.
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