amount to
phrasal verb
amounted to; amounting to; amounts to
1
: to produce (a total) when added together
The bill amounted to 10 dollars.
The number of people taking part amounted to no more than a few hundred.
2
: 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.
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The accompanying article noted that this amounted to a difference of 624,000 people compared with the same week last year.
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Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2026
But physicians are not the people driving the surge in health care work that amounted to more than 700,000 new jobs last year.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Last year, e-commerce sales amounted to 13 billion euros, crossing the 30 percent threshold of total group sales for the first time.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Feb. 2026
That amounts to, on average, a $56 monthly increase in retirement benefits.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 12 Feb. 2026
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Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2026
But physicians are not the people driving the surge in health care work that amounted to more than 700,000 new jobs last year.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Last year, e-commerce sales amounted to 13 billion euros, crossing the 30 percent threshold of total group sales for the first time.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Feb. 2026
That amounts to, on average, a $56 monthly increase in retirement benefits.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 12 Feb. 2026
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“Amount to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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