amount to

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amount to something

to be the same as something else. A decrease in student aid amounts to an increase in tuition fees. She thought he was wrong to take what amounts to a stand against greater freedom.

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Were the representatives in Virginia to be regulated by the standard in Rhode Island, they would, at this time, amount to between four and five hundred; and twenty or thirty years hence, to a thousand. Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context What I want to know is this: Supposing that I have here in my pocket some clue to where Flint buried his treasure, will that treasure amount to much? Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context As a general rule, he can't amount to much in his totality. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context More results

References in classic literature

Were the representatives in Virginia to be regulated by the standard in Rhode Island, they would, at this time, amount to between four and five hundred; and twenty or thirty years hence, to a thousand.

Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context

What I want to know is this: Supposing that I have here in my pocket some clue to where Flint buried his treasure, will that treasure amount to much?

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

As a general rule, he can't amount to much in his totality.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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