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- [uh-mount]
- /əˈmaʊnt/
- /əˈmaʊnt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-mount]
- /əˈmaʊnt/
Definitions of amount word
- variable noun amount The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get. 3
- verb amount If something amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total. 3
- noun amount extent; quantity; supply 3
- noun amount the total of two or more quantities; sum 3
- noun amount the full value, effect, or significance of something 3
- noun amount a principal sum plus the interest on it, as in a loan 3
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Origin of amount
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English amounten, amunten < Anglo-French amo(u)nter, amunter, Old French amonter literally, to go up, ascend, probably a- a-5 + monter (see mount1); E noun use of v. from early 18th cent.
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Parts of speech for Amount
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
amount popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
amount usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for amount
noun amount
- load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- bulk — You can refer to something's bulk when you want to emphasize that it is very large.
- supply — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- chunk — Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- number — one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
verb amount
- approximate — An approximate number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
- rival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- tally — an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- effect — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
Antonyms for amount
noun amount
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- nothingness — the state of being nothing.
verb amount
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen — to become less.
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
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