amount to
phrasal verb
amounted to; amounting to; amounts to
1
: to produce (a total) when added together
The bill amounted to 10 dollars.
The number of people taking part amounted to no more than a few hundred.
2
: to be the same in meaning or effect as (something)
acts that amount to treason
Anything less than total victory would amount to failure/failing.
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All this amounts to a less precise advertising landscape for e-commerce brands.
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Manu Mathew, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Extrapolated across a modern 17-game season, Berry’s 1960 season would have amounted to 105 receptions for 1,839 yards and 14 touchdowns.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
Business waned at the shopping center over the ensuing decades, and by the 2010s, the stores surrounding Macy’s amounted to a dead mall.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
His arrest amounts to hostage-taking, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Sunday.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Manu Mathew, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Extrapolated across a modern 17-game season, Berry’s 1960 season would have amounted to 105 receptions for 1,839 yards and 14 touchdowns.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
Business waned at the shopping center over the ensuing decades, and by the 2010s, the stores surrounding Macy’s amounted to a dead mall.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
His arrest amounts to hostage-taking, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Sunday.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Amount to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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