Amounted

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /əˈmaʊntɪd/

Definitions

1. To have collectively reached a specific total from various elements
2. To add up to a particular total after combining parts ; to be equal or correspond in value or effect to something else
3. To reach a final number by summing several items ; to represent the same amount or have the same impact as another thing

Etymology: Amounted is the past tense of "amount," which comes from Old French "amont," meaning "upward" or "uphill," itself from "a mont," "to the mountain," and ultimately Latin "ad montem." The link to sums is a metaphor: a total "rises up to" a figure, so a bill that amounts to a hundred dollars has climbed to that height. The verb's sense of having the same effect as something else developed from that same idea of reaching a level.

Synonyms: totaled, added up, accounted, culminated, equaled

Antonyms: decreased, diminished, reduced, subtracted, lessened