Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tantamount
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Tantamount
tantamount
adjective Etymology: obsolete ~, noun, equivalent, from Anglo-French tant amunter to amount to as much Date: 1641 equivalent in value, significance, or effect a relationship ~ to marriage
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predic.adj. (foll. by to) equivalent to (was tantamount to a denial). Etymology: f. obs. verb f. It. tanto montare amount to so much ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. равносильный, равноценный, эквивалентный this is tantamount to a confession of failure —- это почти признание поражения (провала) that's tantamount to saying I am a liar —- выходит, я лгу; (тем самым) вы обвиняете меня во лжи ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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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. (FORMAL) What Bracey is saying is tantamount to heresy... ADJ: v-link ADJ to n/-ing c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 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!) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1641, from tant amount "be equivalent" (1628), from Anglo-Fr. tant amunter "amount to as much," from O.Fr. tant "as much" + amonter "amount to, go up." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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