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1. (n.) amount
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums.
2. amount
quantity; measure:
a great amount of resistance.
3. amount
the full effect, value, or significance.
4. (v.i.) amount
to total; add (usu. fol. by to):
The bill amounts to $300.
5. amount
to be equal in value, effect, or extent (usu. followed by to):
All those fine words amount to nothing.
6. amount
to develop; attain (usu. fol. by to):
With his intelligence, he should amount to something one day.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF amonter lit., to go up, prob. a-a -5+monter (see mount1))
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1. (noun) sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
a quantity of money
"he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
2. (noun) amount
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
"an adequate amount of food for four people"
3. (noun) measure, quantity, amount
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
4. (verb) sum, amount, total
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
5. (verb) amount
be tantamount or equivalent to
"Her action amounted to a rebellion"
6. (verb) total, number, add up, come, amount
add up in number or quantity
"The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
7. (verb) come, add up, amount
develop into
"This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
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1. (noun) amount
the quantity of sth
a small amount of paint; the amount of money needed
2. (verb) amount
to add up to
unpaid taxes amounting to $2,860
3. amount
to be the same as
police interrogations that amount to torture
4. amount
not amount to anything/much
to be unsuccessful, useless
He; ’ll never amount to anything.
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1. (noun) Amount
to go up; to ascend
2. (noun) Amount
to rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto
3. (noun) Amount
to rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little
4. (noun) Amount
the sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue
5. (noun) Amount
the effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this
6. (verb) Amount
to signify; to amount to
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Sense: to add up to
The bill amounted to $15.
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 Afrikaans: bedra |
 Arabic: يَبْلُغ |
 Bulgarian: възлизам |
 Brazilian: somar |
 Czech: činit, obnášet |
 German: sich belaufen (auf) |
 Danish: beløbe sig til; komme på |
 Greek: ανέρχομαι (σε) |
 Spanish: ascender a |
 Estonian: ulatuma |
 Farsi: بالغ شدن بر؛ رسیدن به |
 Finnish: nousta summaan |
 French: se monterà |
 Hebrew: לְהִסתַכֶּם ב- |
 Hindi: रकम |
 Croatian: količina |
 Hungarian: kitesz |
 Indonesian: berjumlah |
 Icelandic: vera samtals |
 Italian: ammontare a |
 Japanese: 合計～となる |
 Korean: 총계가...에 달하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)siekti |
 Latvian: sasniegt (summu); dot izn |
 Malay: berjumlah |
 Dutch: bedragen |
 Norwegian: beløpe seg til, komme på |
 Polish: opiewać na, wynosić |
 Persian: بالغ شدن بر؛ رسیدن به |
 Pashto: رسیدل ، بالغ کیدل |
 Portuguese: somar |
 Romanian: a se ridica la |
 Russian: доходить до |
 Slovak: robiť, byť |
 Slovenian: znašati |
 Serbian: iznositi |
 Swedish: uppgå till |
 Thai: มีผลรวม |
 Turkish: tutmak |
 Taiwanese: 合計 |
 Ukrainian: становити; дорівнювати |
 Urdu: رقم |
 Vietnamese: lên tới |
 Chinese: 合计 |
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