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amount
noun as in quantity
noun as in total
noun as in whole effect
verb as in equal, add up to
Strong matches
aggregate, approach, approximate, become, correspond, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch
Weak matches
be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, develop into
Example Sentences
Applicants need to have a certain amount of cash savings — or what Canada calls “settlement funds” — to apply for Express Entry.
He would welcome efforts to crack down on the amount of salt allowed in foods and to curtail consumption of added sugars, refined grains and sugar-sweetened beverages.
Republicans will have a majority in the Senate next year, but Schiff will still wield a significant amount of power, said former California Sen. Barbara Boxer.
“We’re adding a potentially significant amount of toxic heavy metals when we dump retardant, no matter where we dump it in the watershed,” he said.
When light enters our eye through the pupil and hits the retina, our visual system compares the amount of light absorbed by each of the three types of cone.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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