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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So far, the pledges in a U.N. Trust Fund for Haiti amount to $112.5 million.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
Those arrests amounted to the largest one-day total in the U.K. in a decade.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
The Beauty Fridge—which amounts to $142 worth of product—features a complete ritual: a Travel Kit with Hinoki Cleanser, Lipid Serum, and Hyvia Moisturizer, along with Epicutis Lipid Recovery and eye masks.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
But none of these feats amounted to a technological breakthrough.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
Those arrests amounted to the largest one-day total in the U.K. in a decade.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
The Beauty Fridge—which amounts to $142 worth of product—features a complete ritual: a Travel Kit with Hinoki Cleanser, Lipid Serum, and Hyvia Moisturizer, along with Epicutis Lipid Recovery and eye masks.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
But none of these feats amounted to a technological breakthrough.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Amount to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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