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- pronunciation:
maUnt
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Language Note, Word History, Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
quantity; measure.
He put a small amount of butter on his bread.What amount of money is in the account now?Fortunately, no one was hurt and the amount of damage to the car was negligible.- synonyms:
- measure, number, portion, quantity, sum
- similar words:
- deal, lot, size, volume
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| definition 2: |
the sum of two or more quantities; total.
Your past due balance plus the new charges add up to this amount here.- synonyms:
- count, number, sum, total, whole
- similar words:
- aggregate, extent, figure, lot, portion
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| definition 3: |
the full impact or value; import.
- synonyms:
- extent, magnitude
- similar words:
- import, kit and kaboodle, significance, value
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allotment, allowance, batch, charge, content, cost, degree, dose, magnitude, mess, part, proportion |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
amounts, amounting, amounted |
| definition: |
to be equivalent to, consist of, or result in (usu. fol. by "to").
These 75,000 workers amount to nearly one third of the city's employees.All of your research will amount to nothing if you don't publish your results.Her feelings for him amount only to friendship, not love.- synonyms:
- consist, develop, result
- similar words:
- mean, progress
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total |
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Amount or number? Which word is right for your sentence? Use amount when you are telling how much there is of something that cannot be counted in numbers. A large amount of lava shot out of the volcano. Use number when you are telling how many there are of something that can be counted. A great number of rocks tumbled down the mountain. Remember , the word quantity may be used both with things that can be counted and with things that cannot be counted. Antarctica is covered by a great quantity of ice. A large quantity of penguins live in that frigid land.
Amount comes from amonter, an early French word that means "to go up" or "rise." The French word is from a Latin phrase that means "to the mountain."
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