amount to something

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

aˈmount to sth derived
1. to add up to sth; to make sth as a total
• His earnings are said to amount to £300 000 per annum.
• They gave me some help in the beginning but it did not amount to much (= they did not give me much help).
2. to be equal to or the same as sth
•Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.
•Their actions amount to a breach of contract.
•It'll cost a lot— well, take a lot of time, but it amounts to the same thing.
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