Tantamount
['tæntəmaʊnt] or ['tæntə'maʊnt]
Definition
(a.) Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
(v. i.) To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Equivalent, equal.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Equal, equivalent, equipollent, synonymous
ANT:Unequal, unequivalent
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Definition
adj. amounting to so much or to the same: equivalent: equal in value or meaning.—n. Tan′tity the fact of being or having so much.—adv. Tan′to (mus.) so much or too much.
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Examples
- Is that tantamount, sir, to acceptance, or rejection, or consideration? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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