amount

(Engels)

Noun

1. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
2. A quantity or volume.
3. (nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

Verb

1. (intransitive, with-to) To total or evaluate.
2. (intransitive, with-to) To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To go up; to ascend.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈmaʊnt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: amounten

In summary

From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).

Sinonieme

quantity

number

🔢

sum

total

degree

measure

volume

standard

extent

grade

level

rank

size

quality

come

add up

amount of money

add up to

weight

figure

magnitude

value

scope

sum of money

quantum

make

limit

come to

cost

dimension

rate

body

sum total

total amount

score

reach

result

count

🔢

whole

constitute

numeral

accede

portion

mass

amount to

cluster

group

get

go up

brand

Vertalings

quantité

cantidad

Menge

Betrag

nombre

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somme

quantitat

somma

quantidade

hoeveelheid

Anzahl

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montant

número

🔢

quantità

aantal

Sinne

The rim is otherwise relatively sharply defined , with only a minor amount of wear .

Ogres and humans both gain super strength for a similar amount of time .

The waitress was carrying an impressive amount of dinnerware , but then an earthquake occurred and she dropped it all .

The film contains a judicious amount of kicking and slapping .

Moisture also refers to the amount of water vapour present in the air .