amount
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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’”).
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amount (plural amounts)
- The total, aggregate or sum of a number of items, numbers or material.
- A quantity or volume.
- Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
- The dogs need different amounts of food.
- The number of elements in a set.
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total or sum of items
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quantity or volume
number of elements in a set
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to amount (third-person singular simple present amounts, present participle amounting, simple past and past participle amounted) (intransitive)
- To total or evaluate.
- It amounts to three dollars and change.
- To succeed or have value.
- He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
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to total or evaluate
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to succeed or have value
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[edit] External links
- amount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- amount in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- amount at OneLook® Dictionary Search
