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amount [uh-mount] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
amount [uh-mount]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: quantity
Synonyms: aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper
Notes: use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted
number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money
Main Entry: amount
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: whole effect
Synonyms: body, burden, core, full value, import, matter, purport, result, sense, significance, substance, thrust, upshot, value
Main Entry: amount
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: equal, add up to
Synonyms: aggregate, approach, approximate, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, become, check with, come to, correspond, develop into, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch
Example Sentences
  • If a food contained an excessive amount of any one of those nutrients, however, it would get no stars at all.
  • Most young college students are not within shouting distance of the amount of sleep clinicians believe to be healthy.
  • Over the past decade there has been a steep drop in the amount of foreign aid spent per impoverished person.
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Main Entry: aggregate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: collection
Synonyms: accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, all, amount, assemblage, body, bulk, combination, conglomerate, conglomeration, gross, heap, lump, mass, mixture, pile, quantity, sum, the works, total, totality, whole, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole schmear, whole shooting match
Antonyms: individual, one, part
Main Entry: aggregate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: combine into a collection
Synonyms: accumulate, add up, amass, amount, assemble, collect, combine, come, heap, mix, number, pile, sum, total
Antonyms: break up, disperse, divide
Main Entry: batch
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: group of same objects
Synonyms: accumulation, aggregation, amount, array, assemblage, assortment, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, crowd, group, lot, pack, parcel, quantity, set, shipment, volume
Antonyms: individual
Main Entry: bid
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: offering of money or services
Synonyms: advance, amount, declaration, feeler, hit, invitation, offer, pass, price, proffer, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, sum, summons, tender
Main Entry: bulk
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: size, largeness
Synonyms: aggregate, amount, amplitude, bigness, dimensions, extent, immensity, magnitude, mass, massiveness, quantity, quantum, substance, total, totality, volume, weight
Main Entry: charge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: price asked for something
Synonyms: amount, bad news, bite, cost, damage, expenditure, expense, nick, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, squeeze, tab, tariff, tick
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