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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The Georgia native got three drives in that didn’t amount to a single point.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
What if the atrocities amount to genocide?
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
These new chips include eight cores, 16 threads, and 24MB of cache, amounting to a 30W maximum TDP.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
What if the atrocities amount to genocide?
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
These new chips include eight cores, 16 threads, and 24MB of cache, amounting to a 30W maximum TDP.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Of course, anthropogenic factors, while significant, amount to relatively little compared to the natural interplay of wind, water, and temperature that fosters storms.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Amount to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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