amount

noun

Definition of amountnext
as in quantity
a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter is this small amount of food supposed to feed the whole hockey team?

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Recent Examples of amount That’s not surprising all things litigious considered – even more so with the amount of time that has passed and people involved who are no longer at Disney. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2026 The certainty of the language can increase while the amount of actual information about the future has not increased at all. — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Phones added location histories, photographs and enormous amounts of other information. — Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 Preply raised a small amount of pre-seed funding in its early days, but within a year it was nearly spent, forcing them to bootstrap the business. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for amount
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  • To force Davis’ cooperation, Dupree said investigators gathered evidence that Davis, now 63, had sold a large quantity of PCP through his home, exposing him to a potential life sentence and leaving his family open to charges.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Bad-for-you fats are pretty hard to obtain in dry, low weight at high quantities, so you’re backed into eating good-for-you fats anyway.
    — Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Amount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amount. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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