Past tense of amount
regular verb
The past tense of amount is amounted. The past participle is also amounted.
Forms of amount
| Base form (V1) | amount /əˈmaʊnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | amounted /əˈmaʊntɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | amounted /əˈmaʊntɪd/ |
| Present participle | amounting /əˈmaʊntɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | amounts /əˈmaʊnts/ |
Amounted in a sentence
- He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
- His response amounted to gross insubordination.
- In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero.From the entry zero
- He gave a convoluted explanation that amounted to little more than a weak excuse for his absence.From the entry convoluted
- The remarried couples among my friends often joke that their divorce and remarriage amounted to an upgrade.From the entry upgrade
Meaning of amount
- noun The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
- noun A quantity or volume.
- noun The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
Questions about the past tense of amount
- What is the past tense of amount?
- The past tense of amount is amounted.
- What is the past participle of amount?
- The past participle of amount is amounted.
- Is amount a regular or irregular verb?
- Amount is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amount (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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