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totes

American  
[tohts] / toʊts /

adverb

Informal.
  1. totally.

    That's totes awesome!


totes British  
/ təʊts /

adverb

  1. slang totally; completely; entirely

    That is totes amazing.

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of totes

By shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

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I used a mix of the Iris Weathertight Totes and HDX Tough Storage Totes, but our guide includes additional options to manage your mess.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

Totes embarrassed but trying to be a grown up.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2016

Here the book is called Heaven is Totes for Realz, and the adults get a little uncomfortable when the kid says he met Hitler and Jeffrey Dahmer in the hereafter.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2015

Kent later worked for Bain Capital from 1997 to 2001 as senior vice president of global wholesale for umbrella maker Totes Isotoner Corp, which at the time was a Bain Capital portfolio company.

From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2013

Renart ne l'en laissa De totes cinc que une soule: Totes passèrent par sa goule.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

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