Amount

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
  • n. A number; a sum.
  • n. A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
  • n. The full effect or meaning; import.
  • n. Quantity: a great amount of intelligence.
  • verb-intransitive. To add up in number or quantity: The purchases amounted to 50 dollars.
  • verb-intransitive. To add up in import or effect: That plan will never amount to anything.
  • verb-intransitive. To be equivalent or tantamount: accusations that amount to an indictment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
  • n. A quantity or volume.
  • n. The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
  • v. To total or evaluate.
  • v. To be the same as or equivalent to.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To go up; to ascend.
  • verb-intransitive. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
  • verb-intransitive. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to).
  • v. To signify; to amount to.
  • n. The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality
  • n. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • . To go up; rise; ascend; mount.
  • To reach or be equal (to) in number, quantity, or value; come (to) as a whole.
  • To rise, reach, or extend, in effect, substance, influence, etc.; be equivalent or tantamount in force or significance: as, his answer amounted almost to a threat.
  • To ascend; climb; mount.—
  • To rise in number, quantity, or value, so as to reach or be equal to; come to.
  • To be equivalent to; mean; signify.
  • To cause to rise; raise or elevate.
  • n. The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate: as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of the day's sales.
  • n. A quantity or sum viewed as a whole.
  • n. The full effect, value, or import; the sum or total: as, the evidence, in amount, comes to this.
  • n. Often contracted to amt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. develop into
  • n. the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
  • v. add up in number or quantity
  • v. be tantamount or equivalent to
  • n. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
  • n. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
  • n. a quantity of money
  • Verb Form
    amounted    amounting    amounts   
    Cross Reference
    sum    aggregate    quantity   
    Hyponym
    make   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ascend    signify    totality    total   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Mt    account    count    discount    miscount    mount    mt    recount    surmount   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    quantity    value    cost    lack    deal    degree    source    share    portion    proportion