amounted (to)

Definition of amounted (to)next
past tense of amount (to)
1
as in counted (up to)
to have a total of the expenses of the trip amounted to nearly double what we'd budgeted for

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2
as in came (to)
to be the same in meaning or effect it makes no difference whether you're going to the game or the movies, for it amounts to the same thing—that you can't babysit

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numbered
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  • Five of them will be white balls numbered 1 to 69.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Rather than give in to triskaidekaphobia (the fear or avoidance of 13), the crew is embracing it, or at least their connection to the last US launch to be similarly numbered.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Amounted (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounted%20%28to%29. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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