Meaning of the word amount in English

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amount

US /əˈmaʊnt/

UK /əˈmaʊnt/

a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent

Example:

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A large amount of money was stolen.

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The total amount of rainfall was 10 inches.

Synonym:

quantity sum total extent measure

to be equal to something in quantity or value

Example:

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His debts amount to thousands of dollars.

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Her refusal to help amounted to a betrayal.

Synonym:

total add up to come to equal be equivalent to

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