Visual meaning of 'amounting'? - learn with images, example in daily life

Visual illustration of amounting: (followed by to) To total or evaluate.

verb

(followed by to) To total or evaluate.

"It amounts to three dollars and change."

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Visual illustration of amounting: (followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.

verb

(followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.

"He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally."

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Visual illustration of amounting: To go up; to ascend.

verb

To go up; to ascend.

"The pile of dirty laundry was amounting to a small mountain. "