tantamount 뜻. 가치, 중요성, 효과에서 동등한, 대등한, 동일한. ~ 하는 것이나 다름없다. ~과 같다.

tan·​ta·​mount ˈtan-tə-ˌmau̇nt 가치, 중요성, 효과에서 동등한, 대등한, 동일한. ~ 하는 것이나 다름없다. ~과 같다. 

~에 비견된다.

 

비견하다 比肩하다  verb 서로 비슷한 위치에서 견주다. 또는 견주어지다.

 

비교하다. (비 - 두 사람이 나란히 서 있는 모양을 본 뜬 글자. 상형문자) 

견 (어깨) 지게 호 + 몸 육. 

 

텐터마운트.

: equivalent in value, significance, or effect

a relationship tantamount to marriage

 

 

Did you know?

 

Although tantamount (from the Anglo-French phrase tant amunter, meaning “to amount to as much”) was used three different ways in the early 17th century—as a noun, verb, and adjective—the adjective form has since proven paramount to English users: it’s still in use while the noun and verb are obsolete.

 

This is not to say that the adjective hasn’t experienced change over the years. While it was once acceptable to use tantamount in a variety of different sentence structures, nowadays it is almost always followed by the word to. And to use it before a noun, as in “the two old friends exchanged tantamount greetings,” would now be considered, er, tantamount to riding a penny-farthing or boneshaker onto the expressway.

 

 

Examples of tantamount in a Sentence

 

~ 하는 것이나 다름없다. ~과 같다. 

 

His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt.

They see any criticism of the President as tantamount to treason.

 

 

Recent Examples on the Web

 

 

Republicans lawmakers and drugmakers say the drug pricing reforms included in the legislation, which empower Medicare to directly negotiate the prices of some medicines, are tantamount to government price setting and will lead to fewer new drugs.

—John Wilkerson, STAT, 20 Sep. 2023

 

 

Prosecutors tossed the initial indictment that would have relied on True the Vote’s information and later filed new charges of embezzlement against Yu, claiming his violation of a contract promise not to store information outside the country was tantamount to a theft of public funds.

—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023

 

 

For Carter, incorporating Cardi’s Afro-Latina roots into the looks was tantamount.

—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023

 

 

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Word History

Etymology

obsolete tantamount, noun, equivalent, from Anglo-French tant amunter to amount to as much

 

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above

 

Time Traveler

The first known use of tantamount was in 1641

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