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tantamount [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt] adj
(postpositive; foll by to) as good (as); equivalent in effect (to) his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt [basically from Anglo-French tant amunter to amount to as much, from tant so much + amunter to amount] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
tantamount adjective tantamount to equivalent to, equal to, as good as, synonymous with, the same as, commensurate with What he was saying was tantamount to heresy. Translations tantamount [ˈtæntəmaʊnt] ADJ tantamount to → equivalente a this is tantamount to a refusal → esto equivale a una negativa tantamount tantamount [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt] adj to be tantamount to → equivalere a tantamount [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt] adj to be tantamount to → equivalere a having the same effect as; equivalent to His silence is tantamount to an admission of guilt. gelyk aan مُساوٍ لِ، مُعادِل لِ равносилен rovný, rovnocenný det samme som gleichbedutend ισοδυναμώ με equivalente a võrdväärne برابر با yhtä kuin équivalent à כָּמוֹהוּ כ- समान, बराबर sličnog, istog značenja; jednake vrijednosti egyenértékű vmivel sama sem má leggja að jöfnu við (e-ð) equivalente ~に等しい (~과) 동등한, 같은 tolygus, prilygstantis līdzvērtīgs sama spt gelijkwaardig det samme som, ensbetydende med równoznaczny z equivalente echivalent cu равносильно (чему-л.) rovný, rovnocenný enakovreden sličnog značenja vara liktydig med เท่ากัน ... ile eş değerde, eşit 相當的 рівносильний; рівноцінний مترادف، مساوي ngang với 相当的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was literally a charming exhibition of tact, of magnanimity, and quite tantamount to his saying outright: "The true knights we love to read about never push an advantage too far. It was impossible first because- as experience shows that a three-mile movement of columns on a battlefield never coincides with the plans- the probability of Chichagov, Kutuzov, and Wittgenstein effecting a junction on time at an appointed place was so remote as to be tantamount to impossibility, as in fact thought Kutuzov, who when he received the plan remarked that diversions planned over great distances do not yield the desired results. For Flask to have presumed to help himself, this must have seemed to him tantamount to larceny in the first degree. |
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