Amount - English meaning

phrasal verb

Come to a specified number or amount.

Usage examples:

This adds up to a total of 400 calories

phrasal verb

To result in something

Usage examples:

The details don't add up to a complete picture of what caused the explosion., the numbers in each r…

phrasal verb

To make a particular amount

Usage examples:

The company's assets add up to $107bn., these changes could add up to a marked improvement for the …

noun

A whole formed by combining several separate elements.

Usage examples:

The council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies

adjective

Formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total.

Usage examples:

The aggregate amount of grants made

verb

Form or group into a class or cluster.

Usage examples:

Socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation

verb

Exist.

Usage examples:

There are no easy answers

prefix

(forming verbs) all over; all round.

Usage examples:

Bespatter

abbreviation

Bachelor of education.

adjective

The same in amount, number, or size

Usage examples:

One quart is equal to four cups., divide the class into equal groups., equal rights, we want a soci…

adjective

The same in price, number, size, etc.

Usage examples:

The values of cross-border and internal sales were about equal over the year., an equal amount/numb…

noun

The mass or size of something large.

Usage examples:

Residents jump up and down on their rubbish to reduce its bulk

verb

Treat (a product) so that its quantity appears greater than it is.

Usage examples:

Traders were bulking up their flour with chalk

noun

Something or someone that is very large

Usage examples:

She eased her large bulk out of the chair.

phrasal verb

Cause to experience suddenly

verb

To move or travel toward the speaker or with the speaker

Usage examples:

Will you come here, please?, did you come here by car?, come on in! the water’s great., are you com…

noun

A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone.

Usage examples:

A consignment of drugs

noun

An amount of goods that is sent somewhere

Usage examples:

Consignment of the most recent consignment of cloth was faulty.

noun

If goods are on consignment, the person or company that receives them will only pay for them after they have been sold

Usage examples:

He refuses to ship goods on consignment.

noun

The size or frequency of a dose of a medicine or drug.

Usage examples:

A dosage of 450 milligrams a day

noun

A measured amount of a medicine

Usage examples:

He needed a high dosage to do any good.

noun

The amount of medicine that you should take at one time

Usage examples:

"what's the dosage?" "one spoonful three times a day.", recommended dosage do not exceed the recomm…

noun

A quantity of a medicine or drug taken or recommended to be taken at a particular time.

Usage examples:

He took a dose of cough mixture

verb

Administer a dose to (a person or animal).

Usage examples:

He dosed himself with vitamins

noun

A measured amount of a drug

Usage examples:

She was given large doses of a powerful antibiotic., stories of dramatic cancer cures should be tak…

adjective

Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.

Usage examples:

Add equal amounts of water and flour

noun

A person or thing that is the same as another in status or quality.

Usage examples:

We all treat each other as equals

verb

Be the same as in number or amount.

Usage examples:

Four plus six divided by two equals five

noun

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Usage examples:

A group of boys approached

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

A number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit

Usage examples:

A group of trees, i’m meeting a group of friends for dinner., a rock/soul group, she grouped the ch…

noun

A heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.

Usage examples:

In addition to their own food, they must carry a load of up to eighty pounds

verb

Fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something.

Usage examples:

They go to calais to load up their vans with cheap beer

noun

The amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or an animal

Usage examples:

The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons., load of they delivered two loads of wood to t…

verb

Form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.

Usage examples:

My grandmother made a dress for me

noun

The manufacturer or trade name of a product.

Usage examples:

The make, model, and year of his car

verb

Perform or carry out

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

An arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations.

Usage examples:

Think of a number from one to ten and multiply it by three

verb

Amount to (a specified figure or quantity); comprise.

Usage examples:

The demonstrators numbered more than 5,000

noun

A unit or its symbol that forms part of a system of counting and calculating, and that represents an amount or position in a series

Usage examples:

You can write numbers in words, such as six, seven, and eight, or with symbols, such as 6, 7, and 8…

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

noun

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

Usage examples:

The proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising

verb

Adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else.

Usage examples:

A life after death in which happiness can be proportioned to virtue

noun

A part or share of the whole, or the relationship between one thing and another in size, amount, or degree

Usage examples:

[ c ] the proportion of the population that is over 65 has been growing., [ pl ] the occurrence of …

noun

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

Usage examples:

The quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled

noun

A discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.

Usage examples:

This excess energy is emitted in quanta of electromagnetic radiation (photons of light) that have e…

noun

The smallest amount of energy that can be measured

noun

An amount of something

Usage examples:

Quantum of sth earnings depend on the quantum of work done by you., during this period, the quantum…

noun

A fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute.

Usage examples:

The county is falling short of its quota of blood donations

verb

Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity.

Usage examples:

For purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult

verb

Be a delegate or spokesperson for

phrasal verb

Extend to or reach a specified amount or size.

Usage examples:

The document ran to almost 100 pages

phrasal verb

(of a person) show a tendency to or inclination towards something.

Usage examples:

He was tall and running to fat

phrasal verb

Try to use someone for support or help.

Usage examples:

Don't come running to me for a handout

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

noun

A particular amount of money.

Usage examples:

They could not afford such a sum

verb

Find the sum of (two or more amounts).

Usage examples:

If we sum these equations we obtain x

phrasal verb

To add up numbers or amounts of something, or to have a particular number or amount as a total when added up

Usage examples:

She quickly totted up our bill and added an amount for the waiter., that tots up to £20.

adjective

Comprising the whole number or amount.

Usage examples:

A total cost of £4,000

noun

The whole number or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He scored a total of thirty-three points

verb

Amount in number to.

Usage examples:

They were left with debts totalling £6,260

noun

A book forming part of a work or series.

Usage examples:

A biography of george bernard shaw in three volumes

noun

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

He was at least fifteen stone in weight

verb

Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.

Usage examples:

A mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers