amount to
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amounted to; amounting to; amounts to
Definition of amount 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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