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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China’s foreign ministry said Takaichi’s remarks amounted to a provocation.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
As those viewers age, there is no sign they will be replaced by younger ones, meaning that CBS bringing in the 41-year-old Weiss as editor-in-chief may amount to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Compensation—typically around $10,800—can amount to nearly three times the national minimum wage.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
De Blasio’s growing unpopularity weakened his ability to show that his policy achievements amounted to upholding a tacit progressive promise to guarantee basic economic rights for all.
—Nicole West Bassoff, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
As those viewers age, there is no sign they will be replaced by younger ones, meaning that CBS bringing in the 41-year-old Weiss as editor-in-chief may amount to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Compensation—typically around $10,800—can amount to nearly three times the national minimum wage.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
De Blasio’s growing unpopularity weakened his ability to show that his policy achievements amounted to upholding a tacit progressive promise to guarantee basic economic rights for all.
—Nicole West Bassoff, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 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 18 Nov. 2025.
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