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tantamount

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tan·ta·mount  (tnt-mount)
adj.
Equivalent in effect or value: a request tantamount to a demand.

[From obsolete tantamount, an equivalent, from Anglo-Norman tant amunter, to amount to as much : tant, so much, so great (from Latin tantum, from tam, so; see to- in Indo-European roots) + amunter, to amount to, variant of Old French amonter; see amount.]

tantamount
Adjective
tantamount to equivalent in effect to: the raid was tantamount to a declaration of war [Anglo-French tant amunter to amount to as much]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tantamount - being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"
equal - having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law"

tantamount
adjective >> tantamount to equivalent to, equal to, as good as, synonymous with, the same as, commensurate with
Translations

tantamount [ˈtæntəmaunt] adj tantamount to → equivalente a
tantamount [ˈtæntəmaunt] adj tantamount to → qui équivaut à
tantamount [ˈtæntəmaunt] adj tantamount to → gleichbedeutend mit
tantamount [ˈtæntəmaunt] adj tantamount to → equivalente a

tantamount [ˈtӕntəmaunt]
having the same effect as; equivalent to His silence is tantamount to an admission of guilt.gelyk aanمُساوٍ لِ، مُعادِل لِравносиленrovný, rovnocennýdet samme somgleichbedutendισοδυναμώ μεequivalente avõrdväärneبرابر باkäytännössä sama kuinéquivalent àכָּמוֹהוּ כ-समान, बराबरsličnog, istog značenja; jednake vrijednostiegyenértékű vmivelsamasem má leggja að jöfnu við (e-ð)equivalente~に等しい...과 동등한tolygus, prilygstantislīdzvērtīgssama sptgelijkwaardigdet samme som, ensbetydende medrównoznaczny zequivalenteechi­va­lent cuравносильно (чему-л.)rovný, rovnocennýenakovredensličnog značenjavara liktydig medเท่ากัน... ile eş değerde, eşit相當的рівносильний; рівноціннийمترادف، مساويngang với

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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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