An amount is a number, or quantity, of something. If you're surprised by the amount of work you have to do at your new job, you probably didn't expect such a long list of tasks.
To go up; to ascend.
Noun
how much there is of something that you can quantify
Noun
how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
Noun
a quantity obtained by addition
Noun
a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
Verb
develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
Verb
add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
Verb
be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
n.
To go up; to ascend.
n.
To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or
quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
n.
To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or
influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the
testimony amounts to very little.
v. t.
To signify; to amount to.
n.
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.
n.
The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the
sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
Amount
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Amount
Amount
The whole amount of that enormous fame.
To go up; to ascend.
To signify; to amount to.
The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality;
Usage Examples
Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.
At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger.
Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.
Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.
A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money in providing for translation services.
Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market, I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules that guarantee competition and fair play - and that the pressure to break those rules only gets stronger as the amount of money involved gets larger.
Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production.
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Other Usage ExamplesA person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.
At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.
As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.
As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down.
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