amount
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amount
- /əˈmaʊnt/
Rhymes with -aʊnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
noun amounts
- The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
- A quantity or volume. Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
- The number (the sum) of elements in a set. The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.
verb amounts · amounting · amounted
- To total or evaluate. The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
- To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of. He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
- To go up; to ascend. So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: total, add up, sum, number, come, quantity, measure, quantum, aggregation, aggregate, addition, mass, form, fraction, basis, summing
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noun total or sum of items
| Español | cantidad, monto, montante, importe |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 양 yang, 수량 suryang |
| 日本語 | 総量 sōryō, 量 ryō, 数量 sūryō |
| 中文 | 數量 /数量 shùliàng, 量 liàng, 數字 /数字 shùzì, 額 /额 é |
| हिन्दी | मात्रा mātrā |
| Português | quantidade, quantia |
| Français | montant, somme |
| Deutsch | Anzahl, Menge, Betrag |
| Italiano | ammontare |
| Ελληνικά | σύνολο sýnolo |
| Română | sumă, valoare |
| Русский | коли́чество kolíčestvo, су́мма súmma |
| Tiếng Việt | số lượng, lượng |
| العربية | مَبْلَغ mablaḡ, مِقْدَار miqdār |
| עברית | סְכוּם s'khum |
noun quantity or volume
| Español | cantidad, cuantía, monto, montante |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 量 ryō |
| Português | quantidade, quantia |
| Français | quantité |
| Deutsch | Menge |
| Italiano | quantità |
| Ελληνικά | ποσότητα posótita, ποσό posó |
| Română | cantitate, măsură |
| Русский | коли́чество kolíčestvo |
verb to be the same as
| Español | equivaler a |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 等于 děngyú |
| Français | correspondre |
| Ελληνικά | ισοδυναμώ isodynamó |
| العربية | سَاوَى sāwā, عَادَلَ ʕādala |
verb to total or evaluate
| Español | equivaler, ascender / sumarse a |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 合計する gōkē suru |
| 中文 | 总计 zǒngjì, 合计 |
| Português | atingir, importar a, chegar a |
| Français | monter |
| Deutsch | sich belaufen auf, betragen |
| Italiano | ammontare |
| Ελληνικά | ανέρχομαι anérchomai |
| Română | evalua |
| العربية | بَلَغَ balaḡa |
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