Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: amount
IPA transcription: [əm'aʊnt]
Pronunciations of amount
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sum, sum_of_money, amount, amount_of_money
    Meaning: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
  • Synonyms: amount
    Meaning: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
  • Synonyms: measure, quantity, amount
    Meaning: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
  • Synonyms: sum, amount, total
    Meaning: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: amount
    Meaning: be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
  • Synonyms: total, number, add_up, come, amount
    Meaning: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
  • Synonyms: come, add_up, amount
    Meaning: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
Usage examples
  • "Which amount to nothing.
  • "Then it can't amount to much.
  • The amount was so very small."
  • 'What's the amount altogether?'
  • And what does it amount to, after all?
  • "But didn't it amount to that anyway?"
  • "Ma wasn't sick to amount to anything.
  • I can easily raise five times this amount in forty-eight hours.
  • I do not know, said the Master: how should this amount to love?
  • Mike remembered the cheque perfectly well, owing to the amount.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Helen Gandy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Germany, License CC BY-SA 4.0