{
    "term": "amount",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a quantity of something",
            "sensetop": "amount of something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was amazed at the amount he could eat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mix the colours in equal amounts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **amount of money/information/work/time**",
                    "contextForm": "amount of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A **certain amount** of time has already been spent on the project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The server is designed to store **huge amounts** of data."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to **reduce the amount** of energy and water you use at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Faculty should **increase the amount** and quality of feedback they provide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've had an enormous amount of help from people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a large increase in the amount of money invested in March and April."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sauce has just the right amount of salt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He drank copious amounts of water after his run."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tap water also contains varying amounts of rust and grit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a fair amount of traffic on the roads."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You have a certain amount of freedom to explore new techniques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They want to limit the amount of cash available."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The amount of reclaimed glass used in industry has doubled in the last five years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The average amount of pocket money received by teenagers fell this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a considerable amount of money"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an amount equivalent to 0.3% per annum"
                },
                {
                    "text": "exposure to high amounts of oxygen"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "copious amounts", "enormous"],
                "verb + amount": ["double", "increase", "decrease"],
                "amount + verb": ["double", "increase", "decrease"],
                "preposition": ["amount of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a sum of money",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Everyone has **paid the** same **amount**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will receive a bill for the full amount."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The insurance company will refund any amount due to you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Small amounts will be paid in cash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You must pay back the full amount that you owe."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a large quantity of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's been any amount of research into the subject."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used for saying that something will have no effect",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmaʊnt/",
                "audio": "am/amount/amount__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmaʊnt/",
                "audio": "am/amount/amount__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from Old French amunter, from amont ‘upward’, literally ‘uphill’, from Latin ad montem. The noun use dates from the early 18th cent."
}