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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Taken together, the musical chairs amounts to something of a generational changing of the guard as Democrats seek to turn the page on aging leaders like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Her assertion amounts to little more than accountability dodging.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 27 Apr. 2025
Those passing the store amounts to 70 million people each year.
—Andrew MacKie, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
But action sans thought–recent examples include The 355 and A Working Man–amounts to disposable mayhem at best, like cottony candy that knocks your teeth out instead of just rotting them.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Her assertion amounts to little more than accountability dodging.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 27 Apr. 2025
Those passing the store amounts to 70 million people each year.
—Andrew MacKie, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
But action sans thought–recent examples include The 355 and A Working Man–amounts to disposable mayhem at best, like cottony candy that knocks your teeth out instead of just rotting them.
—Andy Crump, Time, 26 Apr. 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 4 May. 2025.
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