total
total
Definition
to·tal (tōt′'l)
adjective
- constituting the (or a) whole; entire; whole
- complete; utter a total loss
Etymology: ME < MFr < ML totalis < L totus, all, whole < IE base *tēu-, to swell > thumb
noun
the whole amount or number; sum; aggregate
transitive verb -·taled or -·talled, -·tal·ing or -·tal·ling
- to find the total of; add
- to equal a total of; add up to
- ☆ Slang to wreck completely; demolish
intransitive verb
to amount (to) as a whole
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modif.
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v.
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Law Definition
adj
- Complete; entire; undivided.
- Absolute; supreme.
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Usage Examples
Converse of object
- bring: The latest operation brings the total of oil removed from the wreck to over 670 cubic meters.
- raise: Under the hammer Bonhams held a special ' Nelson ' sale in July, which raised a total of £ 1.8m.
- boast: The Radiotherapy Department now boasts a total of ten linear accelerators.
Preposition: in
- excess: Additional plants were drawn from the container nursery, which totals in excess of 100 acres.
Adjective modifier
- grand: Managed a few more raising the total to the evening to 41 and taking the grand total above the 1000 mark to 1025.
- combined: Wakefield's combined total was 51 mins 50 secs.
- staggering: We are proudly leading the field for nominations are with a staggering total of 14 nominations.
- respectable: It also has a respectable annual sunshine total ( 1500 hours ).
Modifies a noun
- cost: The total costs of the project are £ 14.6 million.
- amount: There has been a huge increase in the total amount of Fair Trade sales in the UK.
- number: The new teams bring the total number of action teams in Scotland to six.
- expenditure: Total public expenditure in the three northern regions is nearly £ 100bn - approximately 1,000 times bigger than the Northern Way growth fund.
- population: Table 43 Showing by provinces the total population of Ireland at each census period, 1821 1911.
- income: LLCs are also subject to an annual fee based on their total income.
Noun used with modifier
- runoff: Despite spate conditions late in the month April runoff totals were generally well below average.
- rainfall: Over the 12-month timespan regional rainfall totals throughout the UK are close to the long term mean.
- sum: The sum total of the revelation of God is in Christ, and the Bible from cover to cover points us to Christ.
- innings: David Steele top scored in both England innings scoring 73 of England's 288 first innings total and 93 of their 291 second innings.
- sunshine: It also has a respectable annual sunshine total ( 1500 hours ).
- precipitation: Winter half-year ( October-March ) precipitation totals again exceeded the average by a wide margin in Scotland.
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