B1verb · intransitive · frequent

amount

amount · amounts · amounted · amounting

прийти, дійти, приїхати

прийти, приехать, приходить

betragen, sich belaufen auf

To total or evaluateTo total or evaluate.

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/əˈmaʊnt/

» He drinks a moderate amount of coffee.

Он пьёт умеренное количество кофе.

Він п'є помірну кількість кави.

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive, with to)To total or evaluate.
The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
sich belaufen auf, betragen
(intransitive, with 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.
be tantamount or equivalent to
(intransitive, obsolete)To go up; to ascend.

Examples

669 sentences

He drinks a moderate amount of coffee.
Він п'є помірну кількість кави. — anastasishko
ruОн пьёт умеренное количество кофе. — Biga
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I've reduced the amount of meat I eat.
Я зменшив кількість м'яса, яке я їм. — deniko
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I have a certain amount of money on me.
У мене з собою є певна кількість грошей. — deniko
ruУ меня с собой есть некоторая сумма денег. — marafon
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There is a certain amount of truth in what he's saying.
У тому, що він каже, є трохи правди. — deniko
ruВ том, что он говорит, есть определенная доля правды. — sharptoothed
deDa ist was Wahres dran an dem, was er sagt. — Zaghawa
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This amount includes tax.
У цю суму включено податки. — Internecivus
ruВ эту сумму включены налоги. — al_ex_an_der
deDieser Betrag beinhaltet die Steuer. — al_ex_an_der
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Translations

6 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to total or evaluate:

Origin

From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amon

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”).

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Forms

amounts, amounting, amounted, amounted

Base form	amount · to amount
3rd person singular	amounts
Present participle	amounting
Past simple	amounted
Past participle	amounted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	amount
he, she, it	amounts

Past simpleLesson

all persons

amounted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have amounted
he, she, it	has amounted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will amount

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Close in meaning

to measure up to in kind or quality:come add up
add up in number or quantity:total number add up come

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

10 patterns

amount of money
the amount of
amount of time
a large amount
large amount of
the same amount
large amount
same amount
amount to much
is the amount