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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Yuba County supervisors last week voted to allow ultralight planes to fly from the Yuba County Airport, ending what amounted to a yearslong ban of the recreational flying machines that prompted a formal complaint to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025
His demand is solely for the amount to which he is entitled under the lease.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Dec. 2025
The defense has argued that police waited too long to read Mangione his Miranda rights and that the police actions amounted to overkill.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2025
The other, brought by Law Forward representing the group Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy, contends the current maps amount to an anti-competitive gerrymander.
—Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025
His demand is solely for the amount to which he is entitled under the lease.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Dec. 2025
The defense has argued that police waited too long to read Mangione his Miranda rights and that the police actions amounted to overkill.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2025
The other, brought by Law Forward representing the group Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy, contends the current maps amount to an anti-competitive gerrymander.
—Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Amount to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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