English Explanatory Dictionary

tantamount

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Equivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct.
verb
  1. To amount to as much; to be equivalent.
noun
  1. Something which has the same value or amount (as something else). (attributive use passing into adjective, below)

Pronunciation

/ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt/ [ˈtɛəntəˌmaʊnt] en-us-tantamount.ogg /ˈtæntəˌmæɔnt/ [ˈtɛːntəˌmæɔnt] [ˈtɛːntəˌmɛɔnt] en-au-tantamount.ogg

Word forms

tantamount more tantamount most tantamount tantamounts tantamounting tantamounted

Etymology

First attested in English in 1628. Either inherited from an unattested Middle English borrowing from Anglo-Norman tant amount, from amunter, from tant (“as much”) amonter (“to amount to”) or borrowed in the early 17th century from Italian tanto montare (“to amount to as much”).

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