amount

Definition

  • noun: a quantity of something
  • verb: to be equivalent
  • usually + 'of'
  • synonyms: ascend, signify, totality

Examples

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

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

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

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) or something. There's truth, but no logic. - What's the artist's name ? - Something Picasso. ''Something Picasso''. He won't amount to a thing. Trust me. - Put the Degas in the bedroom. - At least they were cheap. Put it in the wardrobe. (Rose) At Cherbourg, a woman (..)
    1997 Titanic