Antonyms for amount


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


Definition of amount

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 :
  • It was simply as to the amount of relaxation the country could bear in the duties.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • My hunger I could never satisfy with any amount of composition or extemporization of my own.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • To most of us "expanding" and "affording" amount to the same thing.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • But he cannot lend you the money, nor can he get the amount you want until to-morrow afternoon.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • And the amount of stories Mark, with all his contemplativeness could swallow, was amazing.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • I will sign you a blank cheque, which your uncle can fill up with the amount he has stolen.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He had increased also the amount of money that he periodically sent East.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She was amazed at the amount of work that had been accomplished.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It was ridiculous, the amount of time she gave to that baby—out of all rhyme and reason.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • It was merely a stick that measured the amount of work done.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

Synonyms for amount

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