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amount
a·mount A0262500 (ə-mount′)n.1. The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.2. A number; a sum.3. A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.4. The full effect or meaning; import.5. Quantity: a great amount of intelligence.intr.v. a·mount·ed, a·mount·ing, a·mounts 1. To add up in number or quantity: The purchases amounted to 50 dollars.2. To add up in import or effect: That plan will never amount to anything.3. To be equivalent or tantamount: accusations that amount to an indictment.
[From Middle English amounten, to ascend, from Old French amonter, from amont, upward, from Latin ad montem, to the hill : ad, to; see ad- in Indo-European roots + mōns, mont-, hill; see men- in Indo-European roots.]amount (əˈmaʊnt) n1. extent; quantity; supply2. the total of two or more quantities; sum3. the full value, effect, or significance of something4. (Banking & Finance) a principal sum plus the interest on it, as in a loanvb (usually foll by: to) to be equal or add up in effect, meaning, or quantity[C13: from Old French amonter to go up, from amont upwards, from a to + mont mountain (from Latin mōns)]Usage: The use of a plural noun after amount of (an amount of bananas; the amount of refugees) should be avoided: a quantity of bananas; the number of refugeesa•mount (əˈmaʊnt)
n. 1. the sum total of two or more quantities or sums. 2. quantity; measure: a great amount of resistance. 3. the full effect, value, or significance. v.i. 4. to total; add (usu. fol. by to): The bill amounts to $300. 5. to be equal in value, effect, or extent (usu. followed by to): All those fine words amount to nothing. 6. to develop; attain (usu. fol. by to): With his intelligence, he should amount to something one day. [1250–1300; < Old French amonter literally, to go up, probably a- a-5 + monter (see mount1)] usage: The traditional distinction between amount and number is that amount is used with mass or uncountable nouns (the amount of paperwork; the amount of energy) and number with countable nouns (a number of songs; a number of days). Although objected to, the use of amount instead of number with countable nouns occurs in both speech and writing, esp. when the noun can be considered as a unit or group (the amount of people present; the amount of weapons) or when it refers to money (the amount of dollars paid; the amount of pennies in the till). amountAn amount of something is how much of it you have, need, or get. They measured the amount of salt lost in sweat.I was horrified by the amount of work I had to do.You can talk about a large amount or a small amount. Don't talk about a 'big amount' or a 'little amount'. Use only a small amount of water at first.The army gave out large amounts of food.When you use amount in the plural, you use a plural verb with it. For example, you say 'Large amounts of money were wasted'. Don't say 'Large amounts of money was wasted'. Increasing amounts of force are necessary.Very large amounts of money are required.Be Careful!
Don't talk about an 'amount' of things or people. For example, don't say 'There was an amount of chairs in the room'. You say 'There were a number of chairs in the room'. When you use number like this, you use a plural verb with it. A number of offers were received.See numberamount
Past participle: amounted
Gerund: amounting
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| I amount | | you amount | | he/she/it amounts | | we amount | | you amount | | they amount |
| Preterite |
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| I amounted | | you amounted | | he/she/it amounted | | we amounted | | you amounted | | they amounted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am amounting | | you are amounting | | he/she/it is amounting | | we are amounting | | you are amounting | | they are amounting |
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| I have amounted | | you have amounted | | he/she/it has amounted | | we have amounted | | you have amounted | | they have amounted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was amounting | | you were amounting | | he/she/it was amounting | | we were amounting | | you were amounting | | they were amounting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had amounted | | you had amounted | | he/she/it had amounted | | we had amounted | | you had amounted | | they had amounted |
| Future |
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| I will amount | | you will amount | | he/she/it will amount | | we will amount | | you will amount | | they will amount |
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| I will have amounted | | you will have amounted | | he/she/it will have amounted | | we will have amounted | | you will have amounted | | they will have amounted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be amounting | | you will be amounting | | he/she/it will be amounting | | we will be amounting | | you will be amounting | | they will be amounting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been amounting | | you have been amounting | | he/she/it has been amounting | | we have been amounting | | you have been amounting | | they have been amounting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been amounting | | you will have been amounting | | he/she/it will have been amounting | | we will have been amounting | | you will have been amounting | | they will have been amounting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been amounting | | you had been amounting | | he/she/it had been amounting | | we had been amounting | | you had been amounting | | they had been amounting |
| Conditional |
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| I would amount | | you would amount | | he/she/it would amount | | we would amount | | you would amount | | they would amount |
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| I would have amounted | | you would have amounted | | he/she/it would have amounted | | we would have amounted | | you would have amounted | | they would have amounted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  amount - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"amount of money, sum, sum of moneygain - the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operatingreceipts, revenue, gross - the entire amount of income before any deductions are madecash surrender value - the amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insuredcontribution - an amount of money contributed; "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)defalcation - the sum of money that is misappropriatedred ink, red, loss - the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or companyfigure - an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"coverage, insurance coverage - the total amount and type of insurance carriedcash advance, advance - an amount paid before it is earnedpaysheet, payroll - the total amount of money paid in wages; "the company had a large payroll"peanuts - an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount; "her salary is peanuts compared to his"purse - a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"purse - a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse" | | 2. |  amount - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"magnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"positiveness, positivity - an amount greater than zeronegativeness, negativity - an amount less than zerocritical mass - the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture; "the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass"; "there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead"; "they sold the business because it lacked critical mass"quantity - an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition"increment, increase - the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"decrement, decrease - the amount by which something decreasessmallness - the property of being a relatively small amount; "he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes"inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"margin - an amount beyond the minimum necessary; "the margin of victory"number, figure - the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" | | 3. |  amount - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantifyquantity, measureabstract entity, abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examplesprobability, chance - a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"quantum - (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)economic value, value - the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices"fundamental measure, fundamental quantity - one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurementdefinite quantity - a specific measure of amountindefinite quantity - an estimated quantityrelative quantity - a quantity relative to some purposesystem of measurement, metric - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristiccordage - the amount of wood in an area as measured in cordsoctane number, octane rating - a measure of the antiknock properties of gasolinemagnetisation, magnetization - the extent or degree to which something is magnetizedradical - (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantityvolume - the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"volume - a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"proof - a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periodspoint in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"period of play, playing period, play - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning"interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants | | 4. |  amount - a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numberssum, totalquantity - the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variablegrand total - the sum of the sums of several groups of numberssubtotal - the sum of part of a group of numbers | | Verb | 1. | amount - be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"make - amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" | | 2. |  amount - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"number, total, add up, comework out - be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"outnumber - be larger in numberaverage, average out - amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"make - add up to; "four and four make eight" | | 3. | amount - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"add up, comebecome, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"aggregate - amount in the aggregate to |
amountnoun1. quantity, lot, measure, size, supply, mass, volume, capacity, extent, bulk, number, magnitude, expanse I still do a certain amount of work for them.2. total, whole, mass, addition, sum, lot, extent, aggregate, entirety, totality, sum total If you always pay the full amount, this won't affect you.amount to something1. add up to, mean, total, equal, constitute, comprise, aggregate, purport, be equivalent to The banks have what amounts to a monopoly.2. come to, become, grow to, develop into, advance to, progress to, mature into My music teacher said I'd never amount to anything.Proverbs
"Many a mickle makes a muckle"Usage: Although it is common to use a plural noun after amount of, for example in the amount of people and the amount of goods, this should be avoided. Preferred alternatives would be to use quantity, as in the quantity of people, or number, as in the number of goods.amountnoun1. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition:aggregate, sum, summation, sum total, total, totality.Archaic: tale.2. The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement:burden, drift, import, purport, substance, tenor.Idioms: sum and substance, sum total.3. A measurable whole:body, budget, bulk, corpus, quantity, quantum.verb1. To come to in number or quantity:aggregate, number, reach, run into, total.Idiom: add up to.2. To be equivalent or tantamount:constitute, correspond, equal.Idiom: have all the earmarks.Translationsamount (əˈmaunt) verb (with to). 1. to add up to. The bill amounted to $15. 合計 合计2. to be equal to. Borrowing money and not returning it amounts to stealing. 等於 等于 noun a quantity, especially of money. a large amount of money in the bank. 數目 数额- I have the allowed amount of alcohol to declare → 我要申报允许限量的酒品
- I have the allowed amount of tobacco to declare → 我要申报允许限量的香烟
- What's the minimum amount of time? → 最少多长时间？
amount
See:- amount to
- amount to a hill of beans
- amount to much
- amount to nothing
- amount to the same thing
- amount/come to the same thing
- any amount of (something)
- any amount/number of something
- bring an amount of money in
- carry (an amount of) weight
- carry an amount of weight
- clock (someone or something) at speeds of (some amount)
- come out at
- come out at an amount
- compute (something) at (some amount)
- don't amount to a bucket of spit
- draw against (an amount of money)
- draw against an amount of money
- exchange no more than (an amount of) words
- fall by (some amount)
- front
- front some amount of money
- get (an amount of money) for (something)
- get an amount of money for
- have (an amount of) plates spinning
- have speeds of (some amount)
- hill of beans, doesn't amount to a/not worth a
- hit speeds of (some amount)
- in (an amount of time) flat
- in the neighborhood of (some amount)
- in the order of (some amount)
- in the region of (some amount)
- in the space of (an amount of time)
- keep (an amount of) balls in the air
- keep (an amount of) plates spinning
- kill (an amount of time)
- lay out (an amount of money) on (someone or something)
- live on
- live on an amount of money
- lose (some amount of) time
- lose some amount of time
- make (an amount of money) on (something)
- make (some amount of money) in (something)
- no amount of (something)
- no amount of something
- not amount to a hill of beans
- not worth a hill of beans
- not worth a hill of beans and not amount to a hill of beans; not ...
- oceans of
- of the order of (some amount)
- out (some amount of money)
- out an amount of money
- pull down
- pull down an amount of money
- put (some time) in on (something)
- put (something) at (some amount of money)
- put an amount of time in on
- put at an amount
- put in (some time) on (something)
- quote a price of (some amount of money)
- reach speeds of (up to) (some amount)
- retire on (some amount of money)
- save (an amount of) (money) on (something)
- see (some amount) of (someone or something)
- shell an amount of money out
- shell out
- shell out an amount of money
- speeds of (some amount)
- spend (some amount of time) in (some place)
- spot (one) (some amount of money)
- start off at (something or some place)
- start out at (something or some place)
- start out at an amount of money
- take (some amount of money) for (something)
- take an amount of money for
- throw an amount of light on
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AmountAny number or value. For example, if one's net worth is $4 million, the amount of the net worth is $4 million.See AUTODIN Multimedia Terminal
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Synonyms for amountnoun quantitySynonyms- quantity
- lot
- measure
- size
- supply
- mass
- volume
- capacity
- extent
- bulk
- number
- magnitude
- expanse
noun totalSynonyms- total
- whole
- mass
- addition
- sum
- lot
- extent
- aggregate
- entirety
- totality
- sum total
phrase amount to something: add up toSynonyms- add up to
- mean
- total
- equal
- constitute
- comprise
- aggregate
- purport
- be equivalent to
phrase amount to something: come toSynonyms- come to
- become
- grow to
- develop into
- advance to
- progress to
- mature into
Synonyms for amountnoun a number or quantity obtained as a result of additionSynonyms- aggregate
- sum
- summation
- sum total
- total
- totality
- tale
noun the general sense or significance, as of an action or statementSynonyms- burden
- drift
- import
- purport
- substance
- tenor
noun a measurable wholeSynonyms- body
- budget
- bulk
- corpus
- quantity
- quantum
verb to come to in number or quantitySynonyms- aggregate
- number
- reach
- run into
- total
verb to be equivalent or tantamountSynonyms- constitute
- correspond
- equal
Synonyms for amountnoun a quantity of moneySynonyms- amount of money
- sum
- sum of money
Related Words- gain
- receipts
- revenue
- gross
- cash surrender value
- contribution
- deductible
- defalcation
- red ink
- red
- loss
- assets
- figure
- coverage
- insurance coverage
- cash advance
- advance
- paysheet
- payroll
- peanuts
- purse
noun the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterionRelated Words- magnitude
- positiveness
- positivity
- negativeness
- negativity
- critical mass
- quantity
- increment
- increase
- decrement
- decrease
- smallness
- inadequacy
- deficiency
- insufficiency
- margin
- number
- figure
noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantifySynonymsRelated Words- abstract entity
- abstraction
- probability
- chance
- quantum
- economic value
- value
- fundamental measure
- fundamental quantity
- definite quantity
- indefinite quantity
- relative quantity
- system of measurement
- metric
- cordage
- octane number
- octane rating
- magnetisation
- magnetization
- radical
- volume
- proof
- time unit
- unit of time
- point in time
- point
- period of play
- playing period
- play
- interval
- time interval
noun a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbersSynonymsRelated Words- quantity
- grand total
- subtotal
verb be tantamount or equivalent toRelated Wordsverb add up in number or quantitySynonymsRelated Words- work out
- be
- outnumber
- average
- average out
- make
verb develop intoSynonymsRelated Words |