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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Instead of receiving annual payments of $75,000 for 20 years, the couple chose the $1,025,000 lump sum option, which after taxes, amounted to $738,000.
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Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Simply apply a small amount to your temples, forehead, and the back of the neck (just be sure to avoid your eyes).
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 27 Sep. 2025
What Alejandro does, though, is mine that thread that connects all of these places — over their history and through its people — for what amounts to a pan-Caribbean artistic expression.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Episode 6 traps the teens in the Academy for what amounts to a prison riot, with many of the students and staff played by actual stunt performers.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
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Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Simply apply a small amount to your temples, forehead, and the back of the neck (just be sure to avoid your eyes).
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 27 Sep. 2025
What Alejandro does, though, is mine that thread that connects all of these places — over their history and through its people — for what amounts to a pan-Caribbean artistic expression.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Episode 6 traps the teens in the Academy for what amounts to a prison riot, with many of the students and staff played by actual stunt performers.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for amount to
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“Amount to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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