amount en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /əˈmaʊnt/
- ə.mount'
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *móntis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten English amount From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
Meanings
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The 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.
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A quantity or volume.
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.
2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2025, page 26:Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
The dogs need different amounts of food.
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(nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes) 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.
2001, Gisella Gori, Towards an EU right to education, page 195:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| amounts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
paramount · amount of substance
Hyponyms
batch · serving · bolus · principal amount · notional amount
Translations (174)
hy քանակ (total or sum of items) · el ποσό (quantity or volume) · cs množství (quantity or volume) · eo kvanto (quantity or volume) · cmn 額 /额 (total or sum of items) · hu mennyiség (quantity or volume) · nb mengde (total or sum of items) · el σύνολο (total or sum of items) · ug سان (total or sum of items) · fa-ira مَبْلَغ (total or sum of items) · uk су́ма (total or sum of items) · sh količìna (total or sum of items) · ru коли́чество (quantity or volume) · ja 数量 (total or sum of items) · sv mängd (total or sum of items) · ky аздык-көптүк (total or sum of items) · ky көлөм (total or sum of items) · ur مِقْدار (total or sum of items) · ro valoare (total or sum of items) · et kogus (total or sum of items) · kk сан (total or sum of items) · tg маблағ (total or sum of items) · vi lượng (total or sum of items) · fi määrä (quantity or volume) · lt kiekis (quantity or volume) · ga suim (total or sum of items) · uk кі́лькість (quantity or volume) · sq sasi (total or sum of items) · mk количина (total or sum of items) · ko 량 (total or sum of items) · ur رَقَم (total or sum of items) · es importe (total or sum of items) · pt quantidade (quantity or volume) · mn дүн (total or sum of items) · ja 量 (quantity or volume) · my သင်္ချာ (total or sum of items) · la quantitās (quantity or volume) · nl bedrag (total or sum of items) · cmn 數量 /数量 (total or sum of items) · lo ຈຳນວນ (total or sum of items) · ko 양 (total or sum of items) · mk износ (total or sum of items) · eu suma (total or sum of items) · ka ჯამი (total or sum of items) · de Anzahl (total or sum of items) · ml അളവ് (total or sum of items) · pt quantidade (total or sum of items) · da beløb (total or sum of items) · az miqdar (total or sum of items) · vi số lượng (total or sum of items) · pt quantia (total or sum of items) · tk san (total or sum of items) · eo monsumo (total or sum of items) · uz miqdor (total or sum of items) · da sum (total or sum of items) · tg шумора (total or sum of items) · da mængde (total or sum of items) · ja 総量 (total or sum of items) · bg сбор (total or sum of items) · lv daudzums (total or sum of items) · tk möçber (total or sum of items) · ro măsură (quantity or volume) · nl hoeveelheid (total or sum of items) · ur مِقْدار (quantity or volume) · yi סומע (total or sum of items) · ro cantitate (quantity or volume) · sl znesek (total or sum of items) · ca quantitat (total or sum of items) · th รวม (total or sum of items) · es monto (quantity or volume) · ko 수량 (total or sum of items) · mn тоо (total or sum of items) · et summa (total or sum of items) · es cantidad (quantity or volume) · ur مَبْلَغ (total or sum of items) · gl importe (total or sum of items) · bn পরিমাণ (total or sum of items) · hu összeg (total or sum of items) · es cuantía (quantity or volume) · ka ოდენობა (total or sum of items) · sk množstvo (total or sum of items) · mn тоо (quantity or volume) · my အင် (total or sum of items) · ro sumă (total or sum of items) · hi मात्रा (total or sum of items) · arz مبلغ (total or sum of items) · be су́ма (total or sum of items) · pl liczba (quantity or volume) · fr montant (total or sum of items) · ug مىقدار (total or sum of items) · be ко́лькасць (total or sum of items) · da antal (total or sum of items) · pl liczba (total or sum of items) · bn মাত্রা (total or sum of items) · uz miqdor (quantity or volume) · es monto (total or sum of items) · km ចំនួន (total or sum of items) · bg коли́чество (total or sum of items) · tr miktar (total or sum of items) · sl količina (total or sum of items) · fa-ira مِقْدار (quantity or volume) · th จำนวน (total or sum of items) · de Menge (total or sum of items) · pt quantia (quantity or volume) · bg су́ма (total or sum of items) · cmn 數字 /数字 (total or sum of items) · lv summa (total or sum of items) · ka რაოდენობა (quantity or volume) · da mængde (quantity or volume) · pl ilość (quantity or volume) · ky жыйынтык (total or sum of items) · lt kiekis (total or sum of items) · th จำนวนรวม (total or sum of items) · sh sȕma (total or sum of items) · nl saldo (total or sum of items) · es montante (total or sum of items) · sh су̏ма (total or sum of items) · sl kvantiteta (total or sum of items) · sv mängd (quantity or volume) · lv daudzums (quantity or volume) · ka ოდენობა (quantity or volume) · nmn ʻǁnàhã (total or sum of items) · ru коли́чество (total or sum of items) · pl kwota (quantity or volume) · fi lukumäärä (total or sum of items) · is magn (total or sum of items) · ms jumlah (total or sum of items) · ky сумма (total or sum of items) · ml അളവ് (quantity or volume) · da mål (quantity or volume) · gl cantidade (quantity or volume) · ar مِقْدَار (total or sum of items) · az məbləğ (total or sum of items) · sh ìznos (total or sum of items) · sh ѝзнос (total or sum of items) · pl suma (total or sum of items) · nl hoeveelheid (quantity or volume) · gd suim (total or sum of items) · pl kwota (total or sum of items) · kmr miqdar (total or sum of items) · it ammontare (total or sum of items) · uz son (total or sum of items) · es cantidad (total or sum of items) · ar مَبْلَغ (total or sum of items) · ps مقدار (quantity or volume) · id jumlah (total or sum of items) · de Betrag (total or sum of items) · fr somme (total or sum of items) · ky сан (total or sum of items) · my စုစုပေါင်း (total or sum of items) · uk кі́лькість (total or sum of items) · ps مبلغ (total or sum of items) · cs množství (total or sum of items) · pl ilość (total or sum of items) · ru су́мма (total or sum of items) · sq shumë (total or sum of items) · he סְכוּם (total or sum of items) · gl cantidade (total or sum of items) · kpv лыд (total or sum of items) · sk množstvo (quantity or volume) · es montante (quantity or volume) · fa-ira مِقْدار (total or sum of items) · sh количѝна (total or sum of items) · cmn 量 (total or sum of items) · fr quantité (quantity or volume) · el ποσότητα (quantity or volume) · uk число (total or sum of items) · de Menge (quantity or volume) · ja 量 (total or sum of items) · fi määrä (total or sum of items) · lt suma (total or sum of items) · tg миқдор (total or sum of items) · bg коли́чество (quantity or volume) · it quantità (quantity or volume)