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

That amounts to roughly the cost of a single in-person visit at a regular veterinary office. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Ultimately, the cost of that $1 taco ended up amounting to over $20,000. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026

The fee, an additional 25 cents per share, per quarter until closing, could amount to roughly $650 million in cash value every quarter. — Sara Salinas, CNBC, 24 July 2026

Its purpose is to take deep panoramic images of the sky, over and over again, every clear night across the next 10 years, making what amounts to a decade-spanning ultrahigh-definition timelapse movie of the entire heavens. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Rhymes for amount to

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• detinue
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