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Etymology

From Middle English amounten (“‘to mount up to, come up to, signify’”) < Old French amounter (“‘to amount to’”) < amunt, amont (“‘uphill, upward’”), prop. prep. phr. a mont (“‘toward or to a mountain or heap’”) < Latin ad montem < ad (“‘to’”) + montem, accusative of mons (“‘mountain’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular amount

Plural amounts

amount (plural amounts)

  1. The total, aggregate or sum of a number of items, numbers or material.
  2. A quantity or volume.
    Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
    The dogs need different amounts of food.
  3. The number of elements in a set.

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

Infinitive to amount

Third person singular amounts

Simple past amounted

Past participle amounted

Present participle amounting

to amount (third-person singular simple present amounts, present participle amounting, simple past and past participle amounted) (intransitive)

  1. To total or evaluate.
    It amounts to three dollars and change.
  2. To succeed or have value.
    He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.

Translations

to total or evaluate
  • Bulgarian: съставлявам bg(bg), възлизам на bg(bg)
  • Danish: beløbe sig, løbe op, være det samme, være ensbetydende
  • Dutch: bedragen, komen op, uitkomen op
  • German: beträgt de(de)
  • Polish: wynieść pl(pl)
to succeed or have value
  • Bulgarian: достигам до bg(bg)
  • Danish: blive da(da)
  • Dutch: waarmaken
  • Polish: wynieść pl(pl), być rownoznacznym z pl(pl)
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  • Greek: ανέρχομαι (σε...) (anerkhome (se...)), συμποσούμαι (σε...) (simposume (se...)), ισοδυναμώ (με...) (isodinamo (me...))
  • Japanese: なる (naru)

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