amount to

Idioms  

1. Add up, develop into, as in Even though she's careful with her money, her savings don't amount to much , or All parents hope that their children will amount to something . [Mid-1500s]

2. Be equivalent to, as in Twenty persons won't amount to a good turnout . [Late 1300s] Also see amount to the same thing .

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Example Sentences

The documents amount to millions of pages, and appear to mostly come from civil lawsuits against the city that have been resolved in court.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Since about 10% of Sun-like stars host large planets, scientists expected a similar fraction around binary stars, which would amount to roughly 300 systems.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

There was "no sentence that Kimberley could receive that would amount to the pain and suffering we have been put through", she continued.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The bank is sitting on $40 billion of excess capital and doesn’t want that amount to build much further, he wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

“Surely you didn’t think you could fool my Whisperer. How typically juvenile. I’m afraid my Whisperer is foolproof, Reynard. Or perhaps I should say childproof—they amount to the same thing.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Related Words

• come to
• consist of
• equal
• total