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tantamount
UK
/ˈtæntəmaʊnt/
US
/ˈtæntəmaʊnt/
UK
/ˈtæntəmaʊnt/
US
/ˈtæntəmaʊnt/
Typically used postpositively in the fixed phrase 'tantamount to'; generally not gradable.
Translations
His silence was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
Его молчание было равносильным признанию вины.
Definitions
His silence was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
tantamounts
pl
UK
/ˈtæn.tə.maʊnt/
US
/ˈtæn.təˌmaʊnt/
Archaic or rare: ‘an equivalent; something that amounts to the same’.
Definitions
The proposal was considered a mere tantamount of the original treaty.