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UK
/ɐmˈaʊnt/
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[ US /əˈmaʊnt/ ]
[ US /əˈmaʊnt/ ]
NOUN
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
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the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
an adequate amount of food for four people -
a quantity of money
the amount he had in cash was insufficient
he borrowed a large sum
VERB
-
be tantamount or equivalent to
Her action amounted to a rebellion -
add up in number or quantity
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000 -
develop into
This idea will never amount to anything
nothing came of his grandiose plans
How To Use amount In A Sentence
- The total sales of the company didn't amount to more than a few million dollars.
- Failing to detain him could actually amount to abuse. The Sun
- His eyes have a certain amount of little-boy-lost about them and his slightly nervy, jumpy presence also helps him appear a lot younger than his 43 years.
- AERONET is a global network of more than 100 sun photometers that measure the amount of sunlight absorbed by aerosols (fine particles in the air) at wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared.
- The huge amounts that this would bring in would allow the personal allowance to be raised by a couple of thousand, helping those on low and medium incomes.
- When the effused lymph is not absorbed it organizes, either forming a sort of internal cicatrix which is harder than the surrounding tissues or increasing the density of the part by augmenting the amount of plastic material within it. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
- If a certain amount of begrudgery is the unavoidable product of such a position of eminence, it is neither fair nor perceptive.
- They use a small amount of these drugs, a lot of them just at weekends.
- I'm sure there will be a generous amount of worthies stepping forward to parse every sentence, on the eternal quest for the definitive admission that it's over.
- The time it takes to start or stop a stopwatch is the same amount of time it would take for someone driving under the influence to lose control of their vehicle, about seven tenths of a second. News/local from www.dailyamerican.com
