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{
"term": "amount",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a quantity of something",
"sensetop": "amount of something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was amazed at the amount he could eat."
},
{
"text": "Mix the colours in equal amounts."
},
{
"text": "an **amount of money/information/work/time**",
"contextForm": "amount of something"
},
{
"text": "A **certain amount** of time has already been spent on the project."
},
{
"text": "The server is designed to store **huge amounts** of data."
},
{
"text": "Try to **reduce the amount** of energy and water you use at home."
},
{
"text": "Faculty should **increase the amount** and quality of feedback they provide."
},
{
"text": "We've had an enormous amount of help from people."
},
{
"text": "There was a large increase in the amount of money invested in March and April."
},
{
"text": "The sauce has just the right amount of salt."
},
{
"text": "He drank copious amounts of water after his run."
},
{
"text": "Tap water also contains varying amounts of rust and grit."
},
{
"text": "There was a fair amount of traffic on the roads."
},
{
"text": "You have a certain amount of freedom to explore new techniques."
},
{
"text": "They want to limit the amount of cash available."
},
{
"text": "The amount of reclaimed glass used in industry has doubled in the last five years."
},
{
"text": "The average amount of pocket money received by teenagers fell this year."
},
{
"text": "a considerable amount of money"
},
{
"text": "an amount equivalent to 0.3% per annum"
},
{
"text": "exposure to high amounts of oxygen"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "copious amounts", "enormous"],
"verb + amount": ["double", "increase", "decrease"],
"amount + verb": ["double", "increase", "decrease"],
"preposition": ["amount of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a sum of money",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Everyone has **paid the** same **amount**."
},
{
"text": "You will receive a bill for the full amount."
},
{
"text": "The insurance company will refund any amount due to you."
},
{
"text": "Small amounts will be paid in cash."
},
{
"text": "You must pay back the full amount that you owe."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a large quantity of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There's been any amount of research into the subject."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used for saying that something will have no effect",
"examples": [
{
"text": "No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈmaʊnt/",
"audio": "am/amount/amount__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈmaʊnt/",
"audio": "am/amount/amount__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from Old French amunter, from amont ‘upward’, literally ‘uphill’, from Latin ad montem. The noun use dates from the early 18th cent."
}