amount

Meghatározások

1. Főnév

   The total quantity of something.

   Példák

   • The amount of air pollution is a health risk.
   • The amount of rainfall this year has been very low.
2. Főnév

   A certain quantity of something.

   Példák

   • Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
   • The dogs need different amounts of food.
3. Főnév

   The number of items in a set.

   Példák

   • The final amount of students was around 460,000.
   • The amount of items in the collection grew over the years.
4. Ige

   To add up to a total.

   Példák

   • The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars.
   • Their savings amount to nearly ten thousand dollars.
5. Ige

   To be the same as something.

   Példák

   • He was a good student, but never amounted to much at work.
   • His reply amounted to a refusal.
6. Ige

   To go up, in old-fashioned use.

   Példák

   • The path amounted steeply toward the top.
   • So he rose and amounted straight up.