amount

/ə'maunt/
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amount

A child carefully counts the amount of coins in her piggy bank.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers: The total sum or aggregate of individual items or numbers.
    • How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify: The measurable extent, volume, or number of a particular thing.
    • The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion: The degree or extent of something, often in comparison to a standard or expectation.
    • A quantity of money: A specific sum or total of monetary value.

  2. Verb:

    • To develop into; to be equivalent to in meaning, significance, or effect: To signify or represent something when considered as a whole.
    • To add up in number or quantity; to reach a total: To combine to produce a particular sum or result.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The total amount of the invoice is $250.
    • A small amount of sugar is needed for the recipe.
    • He was surprised by the amount of support he received.
    • She saved a considerable amount of money for her trip.

  • Verb:

    • His promises never amount to anything.
    • All the evidence amounts to a clear case of fraud.
    • The donations amounted to over ten thousand dollars.
    • Her silence amounted to consent.
Advanced Usage
  • "To amount to something": To become successful or significant.
    • After years of hard work, he finally amounted to something in his field.
  • "Any amount of": A very large quantity of; a great deal of.
    • She has any amount of patience when dealing with children.
  • "No amount of": Used to emphasize that something is not effective, no matter how much there is.
    • No amount of money can buy true happiness.
Variants and Related Words
  • Amounting (Verb, present participle): The act of adding up to a total or being equivalent to something.
  • Amounted (Verb, past tense): Past tense of the verb 'amount'.
  • Amounts (Noun, plural; Verb, 3rd person singular): Multiple quantities or totals; or the action of totaling.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Quantity, sum, total, volume, measure, extent, degree, aggregate.
  • Verb: Total, add up to, come to, equal, constitute, represent.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Amount to: This is the primary phrasal construction for the verb.
    • His efforts did not amount to much in the end.
    • What does his argument amount to?
Related Idioms
  • Not amount to a hill of beans: To be of very little value or importance.
    • All his big talk doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
  • To the amount of: Totaling; adding up to.
    • He was fined to the amount of five hundred dollars.
amount

A child carefully counts the amount of coins in her piggy bank.

Noun
  1. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
  2. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
  3. the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
    • an adequate amount of food for four people
  4. a quantity of money
    • he borrowed a large sum
    • the amount he had in cash was insufficient
Verb
  1. develop into
    • This idea will never amount to anything
    • nothing came of his grandiose plans
  2. add up in number or quantity
    • The bills amounted to $2,000
    • The bill came to $2,000
  3. be tantamount or equivalent to
    • Her action amounted to a rebellion

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