Search results for ‘amount to’
English Dictionary (1-3 of 3)
- amount
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- 1. extent; quantity; supply
- 2. the total of two or more quantities; sum
- 3. the full value, effect, or significance of something
- 4. a principal sum plus the interest on it, as in a loan
- 5. to be equal or add up in effect, meaning, or quantity
- 6. C13: from Old French amonter to go up, from amont upwards, from a to + mont mountain (from Latin m o ns )
- 7. The use of a plural noun after amount of ( an amount of bananas; the amount of refugees ) should be avoided: a quantity of bananas; the...
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- to
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- 1. used to indicate the destination of the subject or object of an action
- 2. used to mark the indirect object of a verb in a sentence
- 3. used to mark the infinitive of a verb
- 4. as far as; until
- 5. used to indicate equality
- 6. against; upon; onto
- 7. before the hour of
- 8. accompanied by
- 9. as compared with, as against
- 10. used to indicate a resulting condition
- 11. a dialect word for at
- 12. towards a fixed position, esp (of a door) closed
- 13. Old English t o ; related to Old Frisian, Old Saxon to, Ol...
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to amount to nothing