amount

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

amounts

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.
(nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes)(nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

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verb

V_es/s

amounts

V_ing/Gerund

amounting

V_ed/pp

amounted

1.
(intransitive, with to)(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
2.
(intransitive, with to)(intransitive, followed by to) To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.
He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
His response amounted to gross insubordination.
3.
(intransitive, obsolete)To go up; to ascend.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

extent magnitude measurement number quantity size

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro 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).