TANTAMOUNT Definition & Meaning

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tantamount

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adjective

equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification.
His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.

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adjective

as good (as); equivalent in effect (to)
his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tantamount¹

First recorded in 1635–45; adjective use of obsolete noun, “that which amounts to as much, something equivalent,” itself a noun use of an obsolete verb, “to amount to as much,” from Anglo-French tant amunter or Italian tanto montare “to amount to as much,” from Latin tantum, neuter of adjective tantus “of such size, so great”; tanto, amount

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tantamount¹

C17: basically from Anglo-French tant amunter to amount to as much, from tant so much + amunter to _amount

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Such depictions of war, the curators wrote in the exhibition catalogue, were tantamount to "military sabotage."

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The course Biden’s family and inner circle chose was tantamount to “gaslighting the American people.”

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The terms under discussion included demands for Ukraine to become a neutral country, cut the size of its military and abandon Nato membership ambitions - conditions that Ukraine has repeatedly rejected as tantamount to capitulation.

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This would violate international law and has been described as "tantamount to ethnic cleansing" by the UN.

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Sudan called Kenya's hosting of RSF meetings "tantamount to an act of hostility".

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