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nounhow much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantifytype of:
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"The bills amounted to $2,000"verbadd up in number or quantitytype of:
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"the amount he had in cash was insufficient"nouna quantity of money
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nouna quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numberstype of:
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"This idea will never amount to anything"verbdevelop into
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"Her action amounted to a rebellion"verbbe tantamount or equivalent to
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"an adequate amount of food for four people"nounthe relative magnitude of something with reference to a criteriontype of:
Examples of amount
- "The bills amounted to $2,000"
- "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
- "This idea will never amount to anything"
- "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
- "an adequate amount of food for four people"