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to·tal (tōt′'l)

adjective

  1. constituting the (or a) whole; entire; whole
  2. 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

  1. to find the total of; add
  2. to equal a total of; add up to
  3. ☆ Slang to wreck completely; demolish

intransitive verb

to amount (to) as a whole

total Synonyms

total

modif.

  1. Whole

    entire, inclusive, complete, cumulative; see whole 1.

  2. Utter

    complete, utter, thorough; see absolute 1. See syn. study at complete.

total Synonyms

total

n.

sum, entirety, result; see whole. See syn. study at sum.

total Synonyms

total

v.

  1. To add

    figure, calculate, count up, ring up, tag up, sum up, add up; see also add 1.

  2. To amount to

    consist of, come to, add up to; see amount to, equal.

total Law Definition

adj

  1. Complete; entire; undivided.
  2. Absolute; supreme.
total 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.