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amount meaning

EN[əˈmaʊnt] [-aʊnt]
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    Definition of amount in English Dictionary

  • NounPLamounts
    1. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
      1. The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis. ‎
    2. A quantity or volume.
      1. Pour a small amount of water into the dish. ‎
      2. The dogs need different amounts of food. ‎
    3. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
    4. VerbSGamountsPRamountingPT, PPamounted
      1. VI (followed by to) To total or evaluate.
        1. It amounts to three dollars and change.
      2. VI (followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
        1. He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
        2. His response amounted to gross insubordination
      3. OBS VI To go up; to ascend.
      4. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • Second, LO has the well-defined volatile components linalool and linalyl acetate in almost equal amounts [14 ], the effect of which can be examined via the administration of LO as oil.
          • This dose resulted in a TAZ of 11 mg when administered to healthy adults as an aqueous solution postprandially with little being achieved by administering greater amounts (Figure 1).
          • Given the power under a certain significance level, we can also calculate the noncentrality parameter τ 2 , which indicates the amount of difference that a test could detect.
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • If they would've made Gex 2 with the same style as the original, instead of crappifying it a la Crash Bandicoot, it would've sold huge amounts.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Countable nouns
          • Verbs
            • Intransitive verbs
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          1. en amounts
          2. en amounted
          3. en amounteth
          4. en amounting
          Source: Wiktionary
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          Meaning of amount for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "amount" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.
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