āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
amount to
/ÉmËaĘnt tuË/
to amount to
[phrase form: amount]
01
āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to reach a specified total when different amounts are added together
Transitive: to amount to a number
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His savings over the years have amounted to a substantial down payment for a house.
āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to have the same meaning or effect as something else
Transitive: to amount to sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Your actions can amount to a breach of trust in our relationship.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
