释义
[ tan -tuh -mount ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈtæn təˌmaʊnt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.
Origin of tantamount First recorded in 1635–45; adjective use of obsolete noun, “that which amounts to as much, something equivalent,” itself a noun use of an obsolete verb, “to amount to as much,” from Anglo-French tant amunter or Italian tanto montare “to amount to as much,” from Latin tantum, neuter of adjective tantus “of such size, so great”; see tanto, amount
synonym study for tantamount See equal.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tantamount paramount, tantamount Words nearby tantamount tantalizing, tantalous, tantalum, Tantalus, tantalus monkey, tantamount , tantara, T antigen, tantivy, tant mieux, tanto
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Example sentences from the Web for tantamount To this aide, these attacks were tantamount to “asking to intervene on the side of ISIS.”
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He was given the choice of two years in prison or oestrogen injections, tantamount to chemical castration.
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Being shamed by her church was tantamount to losing her community and her job.
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For them the 18-day search for the Israeli teens and the manhunt for their captors was tantamount to collective punishment.
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Forcing a baby to sleep outside the ‘Family Bed’ is tantamount to neglect.
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As arrest was tantamount to sentence of death, Scellier continued his work.
The Theory of Social Revolutions | Brooks Adams
Comte called the world, which is tantamount to matter, the great fetich, and I agree with Comte.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover) | Jack London
So that to live in a house of many pictures was tantamount , for the time, to a liberal education in itself.
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His attitude was tantamount to admission, and as such Eden construed it.
It is said to have been founded by Radu Negru, which is tantamount to saying that its foundation is lost in obscurity.
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British Dictionary definitions for tantamount adjective (postpositive foll by to ) as good (as); equivalent in effect (to) his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt
Word Origin for tantamount C17: basically from Anglo-French tant amunter to amount to as much, from tant so much + amunter to amount
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Words related to tantamount identical, commensurate, alike, duplicate, equal, equivalent, indistinguishable, like, parallel, synonymous, uniform, very, selfsame, as good as