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Word: Tantamount
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from the earlier verb tantamount ‘amount to as much’, from Italian tanto montare
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtantəmaʊnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as
Short Definition:equivalent in seriousness to
Examples:- the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt
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