how to pronounce amount

/əˈmaʊnt/

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amount is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of amount in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… 20% that's a huge amount now on a 12 …”

meaning of amount

Amount means a quantity of something.

amount frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word amount occurs in english on average 154.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics amount can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that amount can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;