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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As a result, revenues between Friday and Sunday amounted to just $49 million, marking the worst weekend of the entire year, according to Comscore.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Even as tariffs from this year’s US trade spat have been whittled down to 20%, Chinese exporters still face what on average amounts to nearly 50% duties on their goods, with pre-existing duties factored in.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
The law ties the amount to a statistic called the Payment Error Rate -- the official measure of accuracy -- whether states are giving recipients either too much, or too little, in food stamp money.
—James Sneed, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
The first prizes, which included different cash disbursements amounting to 900,000 euros ($1 million) in all, were handed out by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, who returned earlier this month for a candlelit anniversary soiree.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Even as tariffs from this year’s US trade spat have been whittled down to 20%, Chinese exporters still face what on average amounts to nearly 50% duties on their goods, with pre-existing duties factored in.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
The law ties the amount to a statistic called the Payment Error Rate -- the official measure of accuracy -- whether states are giving recipients either too much, or too little, in food stamp money.
—James Sneed, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
The first prizes, which included different cash disbursements amounting to 900,000 euros ($1 million) in all, were handed out by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, who returned earlier this month for a candlelit anniversary soiree.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 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 Nov. 2025.
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