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Amount

Uh-MOWNT

/ʌˈmaʊnt/

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amount

Dictionary meaning

How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.

Examples

  • An adequate amount of food for four people.
  • This idea will never amount to anything.

Synonyms: measure

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