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tōtl
totaled, totaling, totalled, totalling, totals
noun
totals
The whole amount or number; sum; aggregate.
Webster's New World
The whole amount of something; the entirety.
The storm damaged the total of the housing units.
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adjective
Constituting the (or a) whole; entire; whole.
Webster's New World
Complete; utter.
A total loss.
Webster's New World
Complete; entire; undivided.
Webster's New World Law
Absolute; supreme.
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verb
totaled, totaling, totalled, totalling, totals
To find the total of; add.
Webster's New World
To equal a total of; add up to.
Webster's New World
To wreck completely; demolish.
Webster's New World
To add up; amount.
It totals to $25.
American Heritage
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idiom
in total
- All together; entirely.
American Heritage
total up to
- to reach a total of; amount to
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Total
- in total
- total up to
Origin of Total
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From Middle English total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire"), of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan 𐌕𐌏𐌖𐌕𐌏 (touto, “community, city-state"), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe", acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe"), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéhâ‚‚ (“people"). More at thede, Dutch.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English whole from Old French from Medieval Latin tōtālis from Latin tōtus teutā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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