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English to English noun
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a quantity of money |  | Example: he borrowed a large sum
the amount he had in cash was insufficient
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the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion | | Example: an adequate amount of food for four people
source: wordnet30
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how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | | source: wordnet30
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a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers | | source: wordnet30
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The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue. | | source: webster1913 verb
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be tantamount or equivalent to | | Example: Her action amounted to a rebellion
source: wordnet30
| 7 |
add up in number or quantity | | Example: The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
source: wordnet30
| 8 |
develop into | | Example: This idea will never amount to anything
nothing came of his grandiose plans
source: wordnet30
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To go up; to ascend. | | source: webster1913
| 10 |
To signify; to amount to. | | source: webster1913
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