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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : uh-mount
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmaʊnt



Definition of amounts

Origin :
  • late 13c., "to go up, rise, mount (a horse)," from Old French amonter, from a mont "upward," literally "to the mountain," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + montem (nominative mons) "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Meaning "to rise in number or quality (so as to reach)" is from c.1300. Related: Amounted; amounting.
  • noun quantity
  • noun total
  • noun whole effect
  • verb equal, add up to
Example sentences :
  • Only, just think what it amounts to—prying into the affairs of a stranger.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • Their "luck" with Chrysanthemums amounts almost to magic sometimes.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • He entered the amounts in the "Ledger," and then returned to his seat.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • On failure, I shall empower some lawyer in your country to recover the amounts.
  • Extract from : « The Contrast » by Royall Tyler
  • You accuse me of injustice—of what amounts to inhumanity—of cruelty?
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • It was an imitation of printing, with the amounts filled in.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • Didn't have nothin' that amounts to nothin' to stay for anyhow.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In the case of the world, the perturbation is very slight, and amounts only to a reversal of motion.
  • Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
  • If there's anything up that amounts to anything, 'Lizabeth, I'll come back and let you know.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Compared with amounts like this, what were the paltry sums he had been used to handle?
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

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