If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n
If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006