amount to
[verb]
Synonyms: add up to, become, come to, develop into, equal, mean, total

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amount to something phrasal verb (see also amount)

1. if figures, sums etc amount to a particular total, they equal that total when they are added together:
Time lost through illness amounted to 1,357 working days.

2. if an attitude, remark, situation etc amounts to something, it has the same effect:
The court’s decision amounts to a not guilty verdict.
Ultimately, their ideas amount to the same thing.

3. not amount to much/anything/a great deal etc to not be important, valuable, or successful:
Her academic achievements don’t amount to much.
Jim’s never going to amount to much.

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amount to
amount to (something)
to be the same as something else.
A decrease in student aid amounts to an increase in tuition fees.

She thought he was wrong to take what amounts to a stand against greater freedom.

Related vocabulary: add up to something

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amount to something
amount to (something)
to be the same as something else.
A decrease in student aid amounts to an increase in tuition fees.

She thought he was wrong to take what amounts to a stand against greater freedom.

Related vocabulary: add up to something

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amount to
to become successful
The boy will never amount to anything if he does not change his behavior.

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amount to something
to become successful
The boy will never amount to anything if he does not change his behavior.

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amount to
v. Signify; add up to.
John's total income didn't amount to more than a few hundred dollars.

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