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.

Examples of amount to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bolsonaro has long insisted that the trial amounted to a political witch hunt. —Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025

The judges said that and other trial errors didn’t amount to a serious miscarriage of justice. —Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2025

Meanwhile, the separate federal court in Tennessee is still reviewing whether the criminal charges against him amount to retaliatory prosecution, leaving both the immigration and criminal tracks in flux as the next judicial decisions approach. —Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025

The judges said that and other trial errors didn't amount to a serious miscarriage of justice. —NPR, 21 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for amount to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue