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 other camp says hogwash and would argue that the DDE is sorely lacking, amounts to an oversimplification, and has little to offer.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
This usually amounted to just a handful of seats for each new state, equivalent to about 1 percent or fewer of total seats in the House.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Forcing schools to teach only the views supported by the federal government amounts to a violation of free speech, the organizations say, and the directive is so vague that schools don’t know what practices cross the line.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
As of last week, 2.6 million fewer vehicles had traveled into the congestion zone since tolling began Jan. 5, MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan told the Daily News — amounting to a 10% reduction in vehicular traffic since the program’s start.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
This usually amounted to just a handful of seats for each new state, equivalent to about 1 percent or fewer of total seats in the House.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Forcing schools to teach only the views supported by the federal government amounts to a violation of free speech, the organizations say, and the directive is so vague that schools don’t know what practices cross the line.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
As of last week, 2.6 million fewer vehicles had traveled into the congestion zone since tolling began Jan. 5, MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan told the Daily News — amounting to a 10% reduction in vehicular traffic since the program’s start.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Amount to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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