English noun: amount |
| 1. | amount (possession) a quantity of money |
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| Samples | He borrowed a large sum.
The amount he had in cash was insufficient.
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| Synonyms | amount of money, sum, sum of money |
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| Broader (hypernym) | assets |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | advance, cash advance, cash surrender value, contribution, coverage, deductible, defalcation, figure, gain, gross, insurance coverage, loss, payroll, paysheet, peanuts, purse, purse, receipts, red, red ink, revenue |
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| 2. | amount (attribute) the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion |
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| Samples | An adequate amount of food for four people.
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| Broader (hypernym) | magnitude |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | critical mass, decrease, decrement, deficiency, figure, inadequacy, increase, increment, insufficiency, margin, negativeness, negativity, number, positiveness, positivity, quantity, smallness |
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| 3. | amount how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
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| Synonyms | measure, quantity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | abstract entity, abstraction |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chance, cordage, definite quantity, economic value, fundamental measure, fundamental quantity, indefinite quantity, interval, magnetisation, magnetization, metric, octane number, octane rating, period of play, play, playing period, point, point in time, probability, proof, quantum, radical, relative quantity, system of measurement, time interval, time unit, unit of time, value, volume, volume |
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| Attribute | nonstandard, standard |
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| 4. | amount (cognition) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers |
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| Synonyms | sum, total |
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| Broader (hypernym) | quantity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | grand total, subtotal |
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English verb: amount |
| 1. | amount (stative) be tantamount or equivalent to |
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| Samples | Her action amounted to a rebellion.
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s something |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | make |
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| 2. | amount (stative) add up in number or quantity |
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| Samples | The bills amounted to $2,000.
The bill came to $2,000.
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| Synonyms | add up, come, number, total |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | be |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | average, average out, make, outnumber, work out |
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| 3. | amount (stative) develop into |
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| Samples | This idea will never amount to anything.
Nothing came of his grandiose plans.
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| Synonyms | add up, come |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | become, turn |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aggregate |
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