total
constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
of or relating to the whole of something: the total effect of a play.
complete in extent or degree; absolute; unqualified; utter: a total failure.
involving all aspects, elements, participants, resources, etc.; unqualified; all-out: total war.
the total amount; sum; aggregate: a total of $200.
the whole; an entirety: the impressive total of Mozart's achievement.
to bring to a total; add up.
to reach a total of; amount to.
Slang. to wreck or demolish completely: He totaled his new car in the accident.
to amount (often followed by to).
Origin of total
1synonym study For total
Other words for total
Other words from total
- quasi-total, adjective
- qua·si-to·tal·ly, adverb
- re·to·tal, verb (used with object), re·to·taled, re·to·tal·ing or (especially British) re·to·talled, re·to·tal·ling, noun
- su·per·to·tal, noun
- un·to·taled, adjective
- un·to·talled, adjective
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How to use total in a sentence
A fourth co-founder Evan Moore didn’t disclose his share totals in the company’s filing.
If you didn’t make $1B this week, you are not doing VC right | Danny Crichton | November 20, 2020 | TechCrunchTheir total value across the 30 cases turned out to be $192,000 — roughly 36 percent of what the non-Daily Double clues had been worth.
For that reason, green hydrogen is still only a tiny percentage of the total hydrogen production, and essentially nonexistent compared to other fuel sources.
The hydrogen economy: Hyped for years, the most abundant element in the universe is finally having its moment | kdunn6 | November 19, 2020 | FortuneThe Colts smothered the Tennessee Titans last week on Thursday Night Football, allowing just 294 yards of total offense on 60 Titans plays.
The Indianapolis Colts Finally Built A Defensive Monster | Ty Schalter | November 19, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightMighty 3D prints the curved wall in its facility, but that will expand to the back wall and roof in 2021 for a total of 80 percent of the structure.
A new material allows this company to 3D print most of a house in a single day | Stan Horaczek | November 18, 2020 | Popular-Science
Into two sentences totalling 27 words he boils down the drift of hundreds of cables and letters.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonSeventy-five per cent was granted them, the sum totalling $600,000 being paid.
Luckily in this show our casualties were light, totalling a loss of about 40 other ranks, very few being killed.
The Seventh Manchesters | S. J. WilsonThe majority of these men received from two to three months' pay, totalling in many cases $100 or more.
The Stars & Stripes, Vol 1, No 1, February 8, 1918 | American Expeditionary ForcesA man has been sentenced at Barmen, Prussia, on three separate counts to terms of imprisonment totalling 175 years.
British Dictionary definitions for total
/ (ˈtəʊtəl) /
the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts
complete; absolute: the evening was a total failure; a total eclipse
(prenominal) being or related to a total: the total number of passengers
(when intr, sometimes foll by to) to amount: to total six pounds
(tr) to add up: to total a list of prices
(tr) slang to kill or badly injure (someone)
(tr) mainly US to damage (a vehicle) beyond repair
Origin of total
1Derived forms of total
- totally, adverb
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