amount - English word #972

Translation

How much of something there is.

Word origin

From Old French amonter, meaning to go up or add up to.

Gender

Pluralamounts

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Here "amount" tells us how much water there was.

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"Amounts" is the plural of "amount".

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Here "amount" means how much salt we need.

part

A piece or section of something bigger, not the whole of it.

small

Little in size or amount, not big.

end

The last part of something, or the place where it stops.

show

To let someone see something, or to make a thing clear to them.

place

A spot or area where something is, or where something happens.

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