amount

amount - verb

  • To be the same in meaning or effect as
  • To reach in kind or quality : to turn out to be
  • To reach a total : add up
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"acts that amount to treason"

Usage examples

Examples: "I can see the amount from here." "That amount belongs to me." "The amount is very important."

amount - thesaurus

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Letter Values

A
4
M
14
O
15
U
21
N
15
T
23

Etymology

Middle English amounten "to mount (a horse), increase, (of a sum, period of time) add up (to), come (to), be worth, be equal (to)," borrowed from Anglo-French amunter, amounter (continental Old French amonter) "to rise, increase, be worth, add up (to)," derivative of amunt, amount (continental Old French amont) "above, upward," univerbation of the adverbial phrase a mont "upward," literally "to the mountain," from a "to" (going back to Latin ad) + mont "mountain," going back to Latin mont-, mons