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Present participle for to add up to in total or amount
“The maximum debt-service payments on Illinois electric cooperatives on present loans will amount to a total of $3,707,097 per year.”
Present participle for to become or turn out to be
“All that hard work will amount to something, surely.”
Present participle for to mean or be tantamount to
“Your silence will amount to guilt.”
(conform to) Present participle for to be like or in accordance with
“He was asked if his thinking as a scientist could amount to to the thinking of a politician.”
(result in) Present participle for to have as a consequence
Present participle for to amount to or be on average as per a numerical mean
(of a goal or level) Present participle for to attain or rise to
Present participle for to come close in quantity or quality
Present participle for to be priced at
(now rare) Present participle for to be made up or consist of
Comparable in significance or effect
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