Sekirov Dictionary

amount

/əˈmaʊnt/

noun 3
verb 3
forms 4

noun3

•
a quantity of something, whether large or small
- Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
- The dogs need different amounts of food.
•
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
- The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
•
(nonstandard) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
- The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000. — 2001

verb3

•
To total or evaluate.
- The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
•
To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.
- He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
- His response amounted to gross insubordination.
•
(no longer used) To go up; to ascend.
- So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. — 1590

forms

amounted · amounting · amounteth · amounts

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