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amount to

a·mount to
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-mount too]
    • /əˈmaʊnt tu/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-mount too]
    • /əˈmaʊnt tu/

Definitions of amount to words

  • phrasal verb amount to If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing. 3
  • noun amount to the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate. 1
  • noun amount to the sum of the principal and interest of a loan. 1
  • noun amount to quantity; measure: a great amount of resistance. 1
  • noun amount to the full effect, value, or significance. 1
  • verb without object amount to to total; add (usually followed by to): The repair bill amounts to $300. 1

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Origin of amount to

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 to

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

amount to 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".

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Synonyms for amount to

verb amount to

  • total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
  • come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
  • measure up — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • add up to — If amounts add up to a particular total, they result in that total when they are put together.

Antonyms for amount to

verb amount to

  • differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
  • disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
  • imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.

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