tantamount
adjective | /tantamount/
equivalent in value, significance, or effect; virtually the same as
tantamount
adjective | /tantamount/
Advanced WordsMEDIUMequivalent in value, significance, or effect; virtually the same as
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Examples
"Her silence was tantamount to an admission of guilt."
"Refusing to cooperate is tantamount to obstruction of the investigation."
Mnemonic Trick
TANTAMOUNT → TAN(T) + AMOUNT: same amount — effectively equivalent.
Etymology
From Old French tant amunter “to amount to so much.”
Used for equivalence in effect or significance.
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