English-Thai Dictionary

tantamount

ADJ เท่ากัน  เทียมหน้า  พอๆ  กัน กับ  เหมือนกัน กับ  equal tao-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TANTAMOUNT

a.[L. tantus, so much, and amount. ] Equal; equivalent in value or signification; as a sum tantamount to all our expenses. Silence is sometimes tantamount to consent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TANTAMOUNT

Tan "ta *mount `, a. Etym: [F. tant so much (L. tantus ) + E. amount. ]

 

Defn: Equivalent in value, signification, or effect. A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right. Hallam. The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount to ruin. De Quincey.

 

TANTAMOUNT

TANTAMOUNT Tan "ta *mount `, v. i.

 

Defn: To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount. [Obs. ] Jer. Taylor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tantamount

tan ta mount |ˈtantəˌmount ˈtæn (t )əˌmaʊnt | ▶adjective [ predic. ] (tantamount to ) equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as: the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from the earlier verb tantamount ‘amount to as much, ’ from Italian tanto montare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tantamount

tan ¦ta |mount |ˈtantəmaʊnt | ▶adjective (tantamount to ) equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as: the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from the earlier verb tantamount ‘amount to as much ’, from Italian tanto montare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tantamount

tantamount adjective this is tantamount to mutiny: equivalent to, equal to, as good as, more or less, much the same as, comparable to, on a par with, commensurate with.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tantamount

tantamount adjective PHRASES tantamount to not taking action would be tantamount to dereliction of duty: equivalent to, equal to, amounting to, as good as, more or less, synonymous with, virtually the same as, much the same as, comparable to, on a par with, commensurate with, along the lines of, as serious as, identical to.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tantamount

tan ta mount /tǽntəmàʊnt /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖be ～ to A 〗Aに等しい, Aと同じである (!Aは 名詞 動名 ) .