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amount

noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /əˈmaʊnt/
  • ə.mount'
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  • rhymes with -aʊnt
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 M AW1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A quantity or volume.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To total or evaluate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, with-to

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, with-to

Examples

  • He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
  • His response amounted to gross insubordination.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To go up; to ascend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: measure, quantity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abstraction, abstract entity

Narrower terms: probability, chance, quantum, value, economic value, fundamental quantity, fundamental measure, definite quantity, indefinite quantity, relative quantity, system of measurement, metric, cordage, octane number, octane rating, magnetization, magnetisation, radical, volume, proof, time unit, unit of time, point, point in time, playing period, period of play, play, time interval, interval

8

noun

Meaning 8

the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an adequate amount of food for four people

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magnitude

Narrower terms: positivity, positiveness, negativity, negativeness, critical mass, quantity, increase, increment, decrease, decrement, smallness, insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency, margin, number, figure

9

noun

Meaning 9

a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sum, total

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quantity

Narrower terms: grand total, subtotal

10

noun

Meaning 10

a quantity of money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he borrowed a large sum
  • the amount he had in cash was insufficient

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sum, sum of money, amount of money

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assets

Narrower terms: gain, gross, revenue, receipts, cash surrender value, contribution, deductible, defalcation, loss, red ink, red, figure, coverage, insurance coverage, advance, cash advance, payroll, paysheet, peanuts, purse

11

verb

Meaning 11

develop into

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This idea will never amount to anything
  • nothing came of his grandiose plans

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: come, add up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: become, turn

Narrower terms: aggregate

12

verb

Meaning 12

add up in number or quantity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The bills amounted to $2,000
  • The bill came to $2,000

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: total, number, add up, come

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

Narrower terms: work out, outnumber, average, average out, make

13

verb

Meaning 13

be tantamount or equivalent to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Her action amounted to a rebellion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: make

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sasi — total or sum of items
  • Albanian: shumë — total or sum of items
  • Arabic: مَبْلَغ (mablaḡ) — total or sum of items
  • Arabic: مِقْدَار (miqdār) — total or sum of items
  • Arabic: مبلغ (mablaḡ) — total or sum of items
  • Armenian: քանակ (kʻanak) — total or sum of items
  • Azerbaijani: məbləğ — total or sum of items
  • Azerbaijani: miqdar — total or sum of items
  • Basque: suma — total or sum of items
  • Belarusian: ко́лькасць (kólʹkascʹ) — total or sum of items
  • Belarusian: су́ма (súma) — total or sum of items
  • Bengali: মাত্রা (matra) — total or sum of items
  • Bengali: পরিমাণ (poriman) — total or sum of items
  • Bulgarian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — total or sum of items
  • Bulgarian: су́ма (súma) — total or sum of items
  • Bulgarian: сбор (sbor) — total or sum of items
  • Burmese: စုစုပေါင်း (cu.cu.paung:) — total or sum of items
  • Burmese: အင် (ang) — total or sum of items
  • Burmese: သင်္ချာ (sanghkya) — total or sum of items
  • Catalan: quantitat — total or sum of items
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數量 /数量 (shùliàng) — total or sum of items
  • Chinese Mandarin: 量 (liàng) — total or sum of items
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數字 /数字 (shùzì) — total or sum of items
  • Chinese Mandarin: 額 /额 (é) — total or sum of items
  • Czech: množství — total or sum of items
  • Danish: antal — total or sum of items
  • Danish: sum — total or sum of items
  • Danish: beløb — total or sum of items
  • Danish: mængde — total or sum of items
  • Dutch: hoeveelheid — total or sum of items
  • Dutch: bedrag — total or sum of items
  • Dutch: saldo — total or sum of items
  • Esperanto: monsumo — total or sum of items
  • Estonian: kogus — total or sum of items
  • Estonian: summa — total or sum of items
  • Finnish: määrä — total or sum of items
  • Finnish: lukumäärä — total or sum of items
  • French: montant — total or sum of items
  • French: somme — total or sum of items
  • Galician: cantidade — total or sum of items
  • Galician: importe — total or sum of items
  • Georgian: ჯამი (ǯami) — total or sum of items
  • Georgian: ოდენობა (odenoba) — total or sum of items
  • German: Anzahl — total or sum of items
  • German: Menge — total or sum of items
  • German: Betrag — total or sum of items
  • Greek: σύνολο (sýnolo) — total or sum of items
  • Hebrew: סְכוּם (s'khum) — total or sum of items
  • Hindi: मात्रा (mātrā) — total or sum of items
  • Hungarian: összeg — total or sum of items
  • Icelandic: magn — total or sum of items
  • Indonesian: jumlah — total or sum of items
  • Irish: suim — total or sum of items
  • Italian: ammontare — total or sum of items
  • Japanese: 総量 (sōryō) — total or sum of items
  • Japanese: 量 (ryō) — total or sum of items
  • Japanese: 数量 (sūryō) — total or sum of items
  • Kazakh: сан (san) — total or sum of items
  • Khmer: ចំនួន (cɑmnuən) — total or sum of items
  • Korean: 양 (yang) — total or sum of items
  • Korean: 량 (ryang) — total or sum of items
  • Korean: 수량 (suryang) — total or sum of items
  • Northern Kurdish: miqdar — total or sum of items
  • Kyrgyz: сан (san) — total or sum of items
  • Kyrgyz: сумма (summa) — total or sum of items
  • Kyrgyz: жыйынтык (jıyıntık) — total or sum of items
  • Kyrgyz: көлөм (kölöm) — total or sum of items
  • Kyrgyz: аздык-көптүк (azdık-köptük) — total or sum of items
  • Lao: ຈໍານວນ (cham nūan) — total or sum of items
  • Latvian: summa — total or sum of items
  • Latvian: daudzums — total or sum of items
  • Lithuanian: suma — total or sum of items
  • Lithuanian: kiekis — total or sum of items
  • Macedonian: износ (iznos) — total or sum of items
  • Macedonian: количина (količina) — total or sum of items
  • Malay: jumlah — total or sum of items
  • Malayalam: അളവ് (aḷavŭ) — total or sum of items
  • Mongolian: дүн (dün) — total or sum of items
  • Mongolian: тоо (too) — total or sum of items
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mengde — total or sum of items
  • Pashto: مبلغ (mabláǧ) — total or sum of items
  • Iranian Persian: مِقْدار (meġdâr) — total or sum of items
  • Iranian Persian: مَبْلَغ (mablaġ) — total or sum of items
  • Polish: ilość — total or sum of items
  • Polish: liczba — total or sum of items
  • Polish: kwota — total or sum of items
  • Polish: suma — total or sum of items
  • Portuguese: quantidade — total or sum of items
  • Portuguese: quantia — total or sum of items
  • Romanian: sumă — total or sum of items
  • Romanian: valoare — total or sum of items
  • Russian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — total or sum of items
  • Russian: су́мма (súmma) — total or sum of items
  • Scottish Gaelic: suim — total or sum of items
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝзнос — total or sum of items
  • Serbo-Croatian: количѝна — total or sum of items
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̏ма — total or sum of items
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìznos — total or sum of items
  • Serbo-Croatian: količìna — total or sum of items
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȕma — total or sum of items
  • Slovak: množstvo — total or sum of items
  • Slovene: znesek — total or sum of items
  • Slovene: količina — total or sum of items
  • Slovene: kvantiteta — total or sum of items
  • Spanish: cantidad — total or sum of items
  • Spanish: monto — total or sum of items
  • Spanish: montante — total or sum of items
  • Spanish: importe — total or sum of items
  • Swedish: mängd — total or sum of items
  • Tajik: маблағ (mablaġ) — total or sum of items
  • Tajik: миқдор (miqdor) — total or sum of items
  • Tajik: шумора (šumora) — total or sum of items
  • Thai: จํานวนรวม (jam-nuuan ruuam) — total or sum of items
  • Thai: รวม (ruuam) — total or sum of items
  • Thai: จํานวน (jam-nuuan) — total or sum of items
  • Turkish: miktar — total or sum of items
  • Turkmen: san — total or sum of items
  • Turkmen: möçber — total or sum of items
  • Ukrainian: кі́лькість (kílʹkistʹ) — total or sum of items
  • Ukrainian: су́ма (súma) — total or sum of items
  • Ukrainian: число (čyslo) — total or sum of items
  • Urdu: رَقَم (raqam) — total or sum of items
  • Urdu: مِقْدار (miqdār) — total or sum of items
  • Urdu: مَبْلَغ (mablaġ) — total or sum of items
  • Uyghur: سان (san) — total or sum of items
  • Uyghur: مىقدار (miqdar) — total or sum of items
  • Uzbek: son — total or sum of items
  • Uzbek: miqdor — total or sum of items
  • Vietnamese: số lượng — total or sum of items
  • Vietnamese: lượng — total or sum of items
  • Yiddish: סומע (sume) — total or sum of items
  • ǃXóõ: ʻǁnàhã — total or sum of items
  • Bulgarian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — quantity or volume
  • Czech: množství — quantity or volume
  • Danish: mål — quantity or volume
  • Danish: mængde — quantity or volume
  • Dutch: hoeveelheid — quantity or volume
  • Esperanto: kvanto — quantity or volume
  • Finnish: määrä — quantity or volume
  • French: quantité — quantity or volume
  • Galician: cantidade — quantity or volume
  • Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba) — quantity or volume
  • Georgian: ოდენობა (odenoba) — quantity or volume
  • German: Menge — quantity or volume
  • Greek: ποσότητα (posótita) — quantity or volume
  • Greek: ποσό (posó) — quantity or volume
  • Hungarian: mennyiség — quantity or volume
  • Italian: quantità — quantity or volume
  • Japanese: 量 (ryō) — quantity or volume
  • Latin: quantitās — quantity or volume
  • Latvian: daudzums — quantity or volume
  • Lithuanian: kiekis — quantity or volume
  • Malayalam: അളവ് (aḷavŭ) — quantity or volume
  • Mongolian: тоо (too) — quantity or volume
  • Pashto: مقدار (meqdãr) — quantity or volume
  • Iranian Persian: مِقْدار (meġdâr) — quantity or volume
  • Polish: ilość — quantity or volume
  • Polish: liczba — quantity or volume
  • Polish: kwota — quantity or volume
  • Portuguese: quantidade — quantity or volume
  • Portuguese: quantia — quantity or volume
  • Romanian: cantitate — quantity or volume
  • Romanian: măsură — quantity or volume
  • Russian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — quantity or volume
  • Slovak: množstvo — quantity or volume
  • Spanish: cantidad — quantity or volume
  • Spanish: cuantía — quantity or volume
  • Spanish: monto — quantity or volume
  • Spanish: montante — quantity or volume
  • Swedish: mängd — quantity or volume
  • Ukrainian: кі́лькість (kílʹkistʹ) — quantity or volume
  • Urdu: مِقْدار (miqdār) — quantity or volume
  • Uzbek: miqdor — quantity or volume
  • Bulgarian: съставлявам (sǎstavljavam) — to total or evaluate
  • Bulgarian: възлизам на (vǎzlizam na) — to total or evaluate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 总计 (zǒngjì) — to total or evaluate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合计 — to total or evaluate
  • Danish: beløbe sig — to total or evaluate
  • Danish: løbe op — to total or evaluate
  • Danish: være det samme — to total or evaluate
  • Danish: være ensbetydende — to total or evaluate
  • Dutch: bedragen — to total or evaluate
  • Dutch: komen op — to total or evaluate
  • Dutch: uitkomen op — to total or evaluate
  • Finnish: olla yhteensä — to total or evaluate
  • French: monter — to total or evaluate
  • Galician: importar — to total or evaluate
  • Galician: sumar — to total or evaluate
  • Galician: totalizar — to total or evaluate
  • German: sich belaufen auf — to total or evaluate
  • German: betragen — to total or evaluate
  • Greek: ανέρχομαι (anérchomai) — to total or evaluate
  • Hungarian: kitesz — to total or evaluate
  • Hungarian: rúg — to total or evaluate
  • Italian: ammontare — to total or evaluate
  • Japanese: 合計する (gōkē suru) — to total or evaluate
  • Polish: wynieść — to total or evaluate
  • Polish: dawać — to total or evaluate
  • Portuguese: atingir — to total or evaluate
  • Portuguese: importar a — to total or evaluate
  • Portuguese: chegar a — to total or evaluate
  • Romanian: evalua — to total or evaluate
  • Slovak: byť — to total or evaluate
  • Slovak: rovnať — to total or evaluate
  • Spanish: equivaler — to total or evaluate
  • Spanish: ascender / sumarse a — to total or evaluate
  • Swedish: belöpa sig — to total or evaluate
  • Swedish: uppgå — to total or evaluate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 等于 (děngyú) — to be the same as
  • Finnish: vastata — to be the same as
  • Finnish: olla — to be the same as
  • French: correspondre — to be the same as
  • Galician: equivaler — to be the same as
  • Greek: ισοδυναμώ (isodynamó) — to be the same as
  • Hungarian: felér — to be the same as
  • Persian: معادل بودن (mo'âdel budan) — to be the same as
  • Polish: wynieść — to be the same as
  • Polish: być równoznacznym z — to be the same as
  • Slovak: znamenať — to be the same as
  • Spanish: equivaler a — to be the same as
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