amount

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion

   an adequate amount of food for four people

2. 2
   verb

   to develop into

   This idea will never amount to anything.

3. 3
   verb

   to add up in number or quantity

   The bills amounted to $2,000.

4. 4
   verb

   to be tantamount or equivalent to

   Their action amounted to a rebellion.

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   A quantity or volume.

   Pour a small amount of water into the dish.

7. 7
   noun

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

   The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.

8. 8
   verb

   To total or evaluate.

   The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *món-tis 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”).