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amount.

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

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Meaning & usage

noun/əˈmaʊnt/

  1. 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.

  2. A quantity or volume.

    Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
    The dogs need different amounts of food.

  3. The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

    nonstandard · proscribed · sometimes
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *móntis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten English amount From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).

verb/əˈmaʊnt/

  1. To total or evaluate.

    intransitive · with-to
    The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.

  2. To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.

    intransitive · with-to
    He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
    His response amounted to gross insubordination.

  3. To go up; to ascend.

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *móntis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten English amount From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).

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