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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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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  • According to the Burke Museum, passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering in the billions and accounting for close to 40% of the continent’s land birds when European settlers arrived in the 19th century.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The moment is impossibly cheesy, but at his summer rallies, where crowds often numbered more than two hundred and fifty, pretty much everyone sang.
    Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • None of us can predict exactly what these changes will mean for our careers.
    Angela C. Hill, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Readers are meant to assume that the author does not think the way the pastor does.
    Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 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 22 Sep. 2026.

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