tantamount
Phonetic
US /ˈtæntəmaʊnt/UK /ˈtæntəmaʊnt/
Translations
ADJEquivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct.
VERBTo amount to as much; to be equivalent.
NOUNSomething which has the same value or amount (as something else). (attributive use passing into adjective, below)
Variants
- tantamounted: Past Tense, Past Participle
- tantamounting: Present Participle
Examples
A few months later, in January, the Constitutional Court ruled that Move Forward’s campaign to weaken the royal defamation law was tantamount to treason.
Source:www.nytimes.com
For him, walking is tantamount to seeing and thinking
Source:www.newyorker.com
Such a charge, tantamount to atheism, was vigorously denied by Lessing's friend
Source:en.wikipedia.org
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