total

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adjective

The definition of total is something that is complete or whole.
An example of total used as an adjective is the expression “total recall” where you remember everything.

noun

Total is defined as the sum or final amount.
An example of a total is the final cost of dinner on a check.

verb

Total means to add things up.
An example of total is for a cashier to ring up your purchase at the grocery store.
Total is to completely wreck something.
An example of total is to destroy your car in a car accident.

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total

constituting the (or a) whole; entire; whole
complete; utter: a total loss

Origin of total

Middle English from Middle French from Medieval Latin totalis from Classical Latin totus, all, whole from Indo-European base an unverified form t?u-, to swell from source thumb

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

total Idioms

total up to

to reach a total of; amount to

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total

noun

An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
The whole amount of something; the entirety: The storm damaged the total of the housing units.

adjective

Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire: the total population of the city. See Synonyms at whole.
Complete; utter; absolute: total concentration; a total effort; a total fool.

verb

to·taled, to·tal·ing, to·tals, or to·talled to·tal·ling

verb

transitive

To determine the total of; add up: They totaled the applications at 600.
To equal a total of; amount to: The week's receipts totaled more than $90,000.
To wreck completely; demolish: The driver survived the crash but totaled the car.

verb

intransitive

To add up; amount: It totals to $25.

Origin of total

Middle English whole from Old French from Medieval Latin tōtālis from Latin tōtus ; see teutā- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural totals)

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of Â£145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
(informal, mathematics) Sum.
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

Adjective

(comparative more total, superlative most total)

Entire; relating to the whole of something.
The total book is rubbish from start to finish. The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
used as an intensifier Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present totals, present participle totalling in British English, totaling in American English, simple past and past participle totalled in British English, totaled in American English)

To add up; to calculate the sum of.
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
To equal a total of; to amount to.
That totals seven times so far.
(US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Honey, I'm OK, but I've totaled the car.
(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
It totals nearly a pound.

Origin

From Middle English total, from Medieval Latin tÅtÄlis, from tÅtus (“all, whole, entire"), of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan ðŒ•ðŒðŒ–ðŒ•ðŒ (touto, “community, city-state"), Umbrian ðŒ•ðŒðŒ•ðŒ€ðŒŒ (totam, “tribe", acc.), Old English Ã¾Ä“od (“a nation, people, tribe"), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtÃ©hâ‚‚ (“people"). More at thede, Dutch.

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