amount
noun [C] /əˈmaʊnt/Definition
B1 a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot be counted: They didn't deliver the right amount of sand. Small amounts of land were used for keeping animals. He paid regular amounts of money to a charity. I didn't expect the bill to come to this amount (= of money). The new tax caused a huge amount of public anger. I had a certain amount of (= some) difficulty finding the house. You wouldn't believe the amount of trouble (= what a lot of trouble) I've had with this car.General words for size and amount
(Definition of amount noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -sized suffix
- bulk noun
- content noun (AMOUNT)
- count noun (NUMBER)
- flow noun (CONTINUOUS NUMBER)
- footprint noun (SIZE)
- good things come in small packages idiom
- large/small-scale idiom
- load noun (AMOUNT CARRIED)
- number noun (AMOUNT)
- order noun (TYPE)
- part noun (SOME)
- quotient noun
- ration noun
- scale noun (MEASURE)
- scale noun (SIZE)
- size noun (AMOUNT)
- so much idiom
- strength noun (NUMBER)
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