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Added 8 October 2026

amount

/əˈmaʊnt/ noun

In Latin: quantitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about amount at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The total, aggregate or sum of material .
The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
A quantity or volume.
Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

verb

To total or evaluate.
The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.
He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
To go up; to ascend.

Origin

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”).

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