noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/əˈmaʊnt/
ə.mount'
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rhymes with -aʊnt
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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
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