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单词 amount to something
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to be equal or add up to
The banks have what amounts to a monopoly.
Synonyms
add up to
mean
The green signal means that you can go.
total
Their exports will total £85 million this year.
equal
The average pay rise equalled 1.41 times inflation.
constitute
The result of the vote hardly constitutes a victory.
comprise
Women comprise the majority of this hospital's medical staff.
aggregate
society viewed as an aggregate of individuals
purport
be equivalent to
(phrasal verb) 
My music teacher said I'd never amount to anything.
Synonyms
come to
become
After leaving school, he became a professional footballer.
grow to
develop into
advance to
progress to
mature into
See amount

Additional synonyms

in the sense of aggregate
Definition
an amount or total formed from separate units
society viewed as an aggregate of individuals
Synonyms
total,
body,
whole,
amount,
collection,
cluster,
mass,
sum,
combination,
pile,
mixture,
bulk,
lump,
heap,
accumulation,
assemblage,
agglomeration
in the sense of become
Definition
to come to be
After leaving school, he became a professional footballer.
Synonyms
come to be,
develop into,
be transformed into,
grow into,
change into,
evolve into,
alter to,
mature into,
metamorphose into,
ripen into
in the sense of comprise
Definition
to form or make up
Women comprise the majority of this hospital's medical staff.
Synonyms
make up,
form,
constitute,
compose

Nearby words of
amount to something

  • amorousness
  • amorphous
  • amount
  • amount to something
  • amour
  • amour-propre
  • amphetamine

Synonyms of 'amount to something'

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