amount to

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.

Examples of amount to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The set of phonemes the model can recognize from brain activity, when combined in different ways to create different words, covers a vocabulary that amounts to nearly 90 percent of the English language. — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

The film’s wondrously street-lyrical patter, its emblematic phrases and inflections, amount to a vast act of world-building—a lost milieu brought back to life in bygone clichés. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

Hegseth has justified those removals in the vaguest of terms, which has convinced most observers that the real reason amounts to little more than because these officers followed the lawful orders of the previous administration. — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026

That seems likely to be the case with Rush, as just five shows would amount to more of a mini-residency by Sphere standards. — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for amount to

• amadou
• avenue
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• cabildo
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• detinue
• devalue