English Dictionary

amount

/əˈmaʊnt/

verb

(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate. / (intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to. / (obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.

The amount of money in my bank account is increasing.

意味（1）

(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.

It amounts to three dollars and change.

意味（2）

(intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.

He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.

意味（3）

(obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.

So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.