Definition of amount (to)next
1
as in to number
to have a total of the expenses of the trip amounted to nearly double what we'd budgeted for

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2
as in to come (to)
to be the same in meaning or effect it makes no difference whether you're going to the game or the movies, for it amounts to the same thing—that you can't babysit

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  • Hughes’s move to Liverpool was bound up in Edwards’ return, so his days at the club were numbered once Edwards grew disillusioned over FSG’s reluctance to commit to a multi-club ownership model.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The cuts come to a health care system that once numbered 6,500 primary healthcare facilities and 300 public hospitals, but that already was decimated in the first year and a half of war.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • Armed with an engine upgrade on their cars for this event, the Ferrari drivers entered the weekend with hopes of challenging for the win at an iconic race that means so much to their team.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The prevalence of starwashing does not mean that all extraterrestrial endeavors should be scorned, said The Cool Down.
    Devika Rao, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026
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“Amount (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amount%20%28to%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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