n. Function: verb
1 to make up as a total FF1C; their expenses amounted to just a hundred dollars FF1E;
Synonyms: add up, aggregate, come, number, run (to or into), sum (to or into), total
Related Words: comprehend, comprise, embody, include, incorporate, reach, subsume
2 to be essentially equivalent FF1C; that utter terror that amounts to madness FF1E;
Synonyms: approach, correspond (to), equal, match, partake (of), rival, touch
Related Words: hint, imply, intimate, smack (of), suggest
Idioms: be near to, come to the same thing as, have all the earmarks ( or features) of