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amounting to

VERB

add up to

Synonyms

STRONGEST

come to consist of equal total

WEAK

be equal to check with develop into measure up total up to

Antonyms

WEAK

differ disproportion imbalance

Example Sentences

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Linda, aged 70, said she was embarrassed enough about her debts – amounting to hundreds of pounds – to want to remain anonymous.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The complaint is being filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are currently held in Equatorial Guinea under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention", according to the lawsuit, seen by AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Boone also held 10,520 shares in a family trust, which she sold across three separate transactions at prices ranging from $107 to $108, amounting to $1.1 million.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

She said the fund, amounting to about £600,000, "appeared to have been spent on other things".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

There are stretches amounting to many minutes when all three of our trainers wander off, leaving us to sit there in silence or take the opportunity to squirm.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich