tantamount
11tantamount — [[t]tæ̱ntəmaʊnt[/t]] ADJ: v link ADJ to n/ ing (emphasis) If you say that one thing is tantamount to a second, more serious thing, you are emphasizing how bad, unacceptable, or unfortunate the first thing is by comparing it to the second.… …
12tantamount — adjective be tantamount to sth if an action, suggestion, plan etc is tantamount to something, it is almost the same thing as it: But that s tantamount to saying poor people are criminals! …
13tantamount — adjective Etymology: obsolete tantamount, noun, equivalent, from Anglo French tant amunter to amount to as much Date: 1641 equivalent in value, significance, or effect < a relationship tantamount to marriage > …
14tantamount — adj. (cannot stand alone) tantamount to * * * [ tæntəmaʊnt] (cannot stand alone) tantamount to …
15tantamount — tan|ta|mount [ tæntə,maunt ] adjective FORMAL be tantamount to something to have the same bad qualities or effect as something else: The new tax is tantamount to stealing from the poor …
16tantamount — [17] Tantamount means etymologically ‘amounting to as much’. It comes from an earlier verb tantamount ‘amount to as much as, be equal to’, which was a lexicalization of the Anglo Norman expression tant amunter ‘amount to as much’. This was made… …
17tantamount — adjective (tantamount to) equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as. Origin C17: from the earlier verb tantamount amount to as much , from Ital. tanto montare …
18tantamount — /ˈtæntəmaʊnt / (say tantuhmownt) phrase tantamount to, equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification, to: *Nobody should be made to feel that smoking a joint is tantamount to entering the criminal world. –frank crowley and lorna… …
19tantamount — [17] Tantamount means etymologically ‘amounting to as much’. It comes from an earlier verb tantamount ‘amount to as much as, be equal to’, which was a lexicalization of the Anglo Norman expression tant amunter ‘amount to as much’. This was made… …
20tantamount — /tan teuh mownt /, adj. equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war. [1635 45; adj. use of obs. n.: that which amounts to as much, itself n. use of obs. v.: to amount to as… …
