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How to pronounce amount
Say it like this: /əˈmaʊnt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does amount mean?
nounThe total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
“The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.”
A quantity or volume.
“The dogs need different amounts of food.”
The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
“The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.”
verbTo 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.
“His response amounted to gross insubordination.”
To go up; to ascend.
“So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.”
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