amount
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈmaʊnt/]
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Senses
1. amount (noun) — sense 1
Definition: The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
Example: The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
2. amount (noun) — sense 2
Definition: A quantity or volume.
Example: Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
3. amount (noun) — sense 3
Definition: The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
Example: The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.
4. amount (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To total or evaluate.
Example: The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
5. amount (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.
Example: He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
6. amount (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To go up; to ascend.
Example: So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
Structure of the word
Roots:- men (think, Proto-Indo-European)
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