Amount

[ə'maʊnt]

Definition

(noun.) the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; 'an adequate amount of food for four people'.

(verb.) be tantamount or equivalent to; 'Her action amounted to a rebellion'.

Typed by Beryl--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) To go up; to ascend.

(n.) To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.

(n.) To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.

(v. t.) To signify; to amount to.

(n.) The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.

(n.) The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.

Edited by Gail

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Aggregate, sum total.[2]. Effect, substance, purport, result.

Editor: Manuel

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Reach, rise, come, attain, extend

ANT:Fall, recede, relapse, decline, fail

SYN:Total, aggregate, sum, whole, quantity, totality, equality

ANT:Failure, decrease, deficiency, portion, instalment, deficit, insufficiency

Checked by Hillel

Definition

v.i. to mount or rise to: to result in: to come in meaning or substance to (with to).—n. the whole sum: the effect or result.

Editor: Thea

Examples

Editor: Nettie

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