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amount

/əˈmaʊnt/noun, verb2 syllables

Amount means: add up in number or quantity.

Synonyms for amount9

noun, as in a quantity of money

sum, sum of money, amount of money

noun, as in how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

measure, quantity

noun, as in a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

sum, total

verb, as in add up in number or quantity

total, number, add up, come

verb, as in to measure up to in kind or quality

come, add up

What does amount mean?7

verb

1

add up in number or quantity“The bills amounted to $2,000”

2

to measure up to in kind or quality“This idea will never amount to anything”

3

be tantamount or equivalent to“Her action amounted to a rebellion”

noun

1

a quantity of money“he borrowed a large sum”

2

how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

3

a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

4

the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion“an adequate amount of food for four people”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with amount?6

one syllable

countmountmt

two syllables

accountdiscountrecount
Show 40 near rhymes
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Amount in a sentence

  • Happening in wartime, this would amount to disaster.unknown
  • No wonder you've got a headache, the amount you drank last night.sundown
  • Detachment provides perspective, which in turn permits a certain amount of pattern recognition.unknown
  • In these two or three years, he acquired a large amount of wealth.CM
  • Given the amount of apathy in the world, today is the most revolutionary day.idle_hatemonger
  • I like talking to you, regardless of the short amount of time.gleki
  • The consequence was that, she lost a considerable amount of money.chadalpaugh
  • The larger the amount of silver, the larger the amount of corruption.LB

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of amount

as a noun

plural
amounts

as a verb

past tense
amounted
present participle
amounting
third-person singular
amounts
past participle
amounted