amount
has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ noun ] a quantity of money
Synonyms Examples "he borrowed a large sum" "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)The amount which may be borrowed from the SBA depends_on how much is required to carry_out the intended purpose of the loan . |
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[ noun ] how much of something is available
Examples "an adequate amount of food for four people" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Command has achieved the ideal amount of reverberation . (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)Frontage on a body of clear , clean water will be vastly different from the same amount of frontage on polluted water . The amount of water frontage , the quantity and quality of the water , and the recreation afforded by it are important . Look at the trees as to size and interest , the amount of shade they provide , how healthy they are , the problems of maintenance , fire hazards , wind throw , etcetera . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Robert_Frost , for_instance , writes about rural life in New_England , but he does not include any significant amount of folklore in his poems . Related terms magnitude number quantity increase insufficiency decrease critical_mass |
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[ noun ] how much there is of something that you can measure
Used in print (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)With troops dispersed on fields_of_battle rather than on the parade_ground , it may seem that a certain amount of monitoring is automatically enforced by the lines of communication . Related terms abstraction time_period probability volume value time_interval point fundamental_measure volume proof relative_quantity indefinite_quantity playing_period cordage system_of_measurement quantum octane_number time_unit linear_measure magnetisation magnetic_flux definite_quantity measure total standard nonstandard |
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[ verb ] be tantamount or equivalent to
Examples "Her action amounted to a rebellion" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Rep._Charles_E._Hughes of Sherman , sponsor of the bill , said a failure to enact it would `` amount to making a gift out_of the taxpayers ' pockets to banks , insurance and pipeline_companies '' . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)However well_chosen and cleverly arranged , such memorabilia unfortunately amounted to more of an interruption than an auxiliary to the evening 's main business , which ( considering the talent at_hand ) should probably have been the gathering of fresh samples of the Chicago style . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)Our understanding of the solar_system has taught us to replace our former elaborate rituals with the appropriate action which , in this case , amounts to doing nothing . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)The entrance and retention of infectious particles in the alveoli amounts almost to an intra tissue inoculation . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) a quantity obtained by addition
Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Ask any group of ballerinas to do ten push-ups or three chin-ups and the results , considering the amount of physical training they have had , will be very disappointing . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Hell 's own amount of chaulmoogra_oil did nothing to alleviate their torment ; they expired amid indescribable fantods , imploring the Blessed_One to forgive their desecration . Related terms |
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[ verb ] add up in number or quantity
Examples "The bills amounted to $2,000" "The bill came to $2,000" Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)In six years , U._S. aid had amounted to more_than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars . |
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[ verb ] develop into
Examples "This idea will never amount to anything" "nothing came of his grandiose plans" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)He might have been hoping , to all appearances , that this relatively sunny symphony , in conjunction with the Choral_Fantasy at the end of the program , could amount to something like the Ninth ; but no amount of head-tossing could make it so . |
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