amount

/əˈmaʊnt/

意味: 量

例文: Kai calculated the exact amount of nap minutes.
　　  カイは正確な昼寝時間の量を計算した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: large amount(大量), total amount(総額), small amount(少量)

定義: ある特定の数量や量を指す言葉で、物質的なものや抽象的な概念の量を示す。数量や金額を表す際に使われ、具体的な数値や範囲を伴うことが多い。

amountは約7,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a quantity of money
Noun: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
Noun: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
Noun: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
Verb: be tantamount or equivalent to
Verb: add up in number or quantity
Verb: develop into

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The amount of rain today surprised everyone in the town.(今日の雨の量は町の皆を驚かせました。)
I can’t believe the amount of homework we have this weekend!(今週末の宿題の量には信じられません！)
The committee approved an amount sufficient to fund the entire project.(委員会はプロジェクト全体を資金提供するのに十分な額を承認しました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he borrowed a large sum
Noun: the amount he had in cash was insufficient
Noun: an adequate amount of food for four people
Verb: Her action amounted to a rebellion
Verb: The bills amounted to $2,000
Verb: The bill came to $2,000
Verb: This idea will never amount to anything
Verb: nothing came of his grandiose plans

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): add up, amount, amount of money, come, measure, number, quantity, sum, sum of money, total

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): abstraction, assets, be, become, magnitude, quantity

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, absolute magnitude, accept, account, account for, accounts receivable, act, amount, amplitude, answer, appear, attribute, bake, balance, be well, beat, begin, belong, binomial, breathe, bulk, buy, capital, clean, cohere, come, come in for, come in handy, communication, compact, compare, confuse, connect, consist, constant, contain, continue, cost, count, cover, credit, crown jewel, cut, cut across, deck, deep pocket, degree, depend, deserve, dimension, disagree, distribute, diverge, draw, end, equity, extent, fall, feel, figure, fit, funds, gape, go, gravitate, group, hail, hang, head, hold, hole card, hoodoo, hum, impend, incarnate, intangible, intensity, investment, iridesce, jumble, kill, lend, let go, lie, liquid assets, litter, loiter, look, lubricate, make, make sense, material resource, measure, mope, muchness, multiplicity, nucleate, numerical quantity, object, operand, order, osculate, otherworld, overage, owe, parameter, pay, point, press, product, promise, proportion, proportional, prove, psychological feature, put out, quantum, rage, range, rank, rate, receivables, recognize, reduce, relate, relation, remain, represent, reserve assets, resource, rest, retard, run, run into, rut, security, seem, seethe, sell, set, share, shine, size, sparkle, specify, squat, stagnate, stand, stand by, stay, stick, stink, subtend, suck, suffer, suffocate, suit, sum, swim, swing, tax base, tend, term, test, total, translate, transplant, trim, triplicity, underlie, variable, want, wash, wind, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): advance, aggregate, average, cash surrender value, contribution, cordage, coverage, critical mass, decrease, deductible, defalcation, definite quantity, figure, fundamental quantity, gain, grand total, gross, increase, indefinite quantity, insufficiency, loss, magnetization, make, margin, negativity, number, octane number, outnumber, payroll, peanuts, playing period, point, positivity, probability, proof, purse, quantity, quantum, radical, relative quantity, smallness, subtotal, system of measurement, time interval, time unit, value, volume, work out

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: amount, measure, number, sum, summate, total

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: economics

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: