amount

Động từ

lên tới

the cost amounted to £2.00

chi phí lên tới 2.00 bảng

our information doesn't amount to much

lượng thông tin chúng tôi thu thập được chẳng có là bao

bằng, có khác gì

what you say amounts to a direct accusation

những điều anh nói có khác gì một lời buộc tội trực tiếp

amount to (come to, be) the same thing

xem same

Danh từ

tổng số; tổng giá trị

a bill for the full amount

một hóa đơn tính tổng số tiền

số lượng

a large amount of work

một số lượng lớn công việc

any amount of something

số lượng nhiều bao nhiêu cũng được

he can get any amount of help

giúp đỡ bao nhiêu nó cũng nhận hết
noun

plural amounts

[count] a quantity of something

The drug is not being produced in adequate amounts.

usually + of

They are not producing an adequate amount of the drug. [=they are not producing enough of the drug]

A considerable/fair/great/large/tremendous amount of research went into the report.

Be sure to add the right amount of salt.

She spent amazing/enormous amounts of time planning her garden.

There's a certain amount of truth to/in what you say. [=there is some truth in what you say]

The new law limits the amount of money a candidate can spend.

We have any amount of available resources. = We have a large amount of available resources.

No amount of money can make up for their loss. [=money cannot make up for their loss]

a quantity of money

What is the amount to be paid?

An amount was finally agreed upon.

The new law limits the amount a candidate can spend.

When he died we found he owed money to/in the amount of $250,000! usage Amount is chiefly used with noncount nouns.

He lost a large amount of money.

a minimum amount of effort

They provided only a small amount of information. It is also sometimes used with plural count nouns, but this use is often criticized as an error.

There were a large amount of mistakes. Number is the usual word in such contexts.

a large number of mistakes

an increasing number of problems

verb

amounts; amounted; amounting

amount to

[phrasal verb]

amount to (something)

to produce (a total) when added together

The bill amounted to 10 dollars.

They have debts amounting to thousands of dollars.

The number of people taking part amounted to no more than a few hundred.

to turn out to be (something or someone important, impressive, etc.)

The problems didn't amount to much. [=the problems were not very bad]

I don't think he'll ever amount to anything. [=achieve success]

to be the same in meaning or effect as (something)

acts that amount to treason

Anything less than total victory would amount to failure/failing. [=would be the same as failure/failing]
verb

amount to

Waiter, what does my bill amount to, please

a add up to

total

aggregate

come (up) to

That son of his will never amount to much

? b become

develop into

noun

What amount of water is needed to fill the container? She eats a huge amount of chocolates every day

quantity

volume

mass

expanse

bulk

supply

lot

number

magnitude

What is the amount of the invoice without the tax?

(sum) total

aggregate

extent

entirety

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