total

[ toht-l ]

/ ˈtoʊt l /

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adjective

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.

noun

the total amount; sum; aggregate: a total of $200.

the whole; an entirety: the impressive total of Mozart's achievement.

verb (used with object), to·taled, to·tal·ing or (especially British) to·talled, to·tal·ling.

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.

verb (used without object), to·taled, to·tal·ing or (especially British) to·talled, to·tal·ling.

to amount (often followed by to).

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Origin of total

1350–1400; Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin tōtālis, equivalent to Latin tōt(us) entire + -ālis -al¹

SYNONYMS FOR total

1 complete.

5, 6 gross, totality.

6 See whole.

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OTHER WORDS FROM total

qua·si-to·tal, adjectivequa·si-to·tal·ly, adverbre·to·tal, verb (used with object), re·to·taled, re·to·tal·ing or (especially British) re·to·talled, re·to·tal·ling, nounsu·per·to·tal, noun

un·to·taled, adjectiveun·to·talled, adjective

Words nearby total

tost, tostada, tostig, tot, tot., total, total allergy syndrome, total aphasia, total bases, total body hypothermia, total communication

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The total output of manganese in the United States in 1901 was less than 12,000 tons.
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The total number of remembered dreams varies considerably with different observers, some attaining an average of ten per night.
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Nevertheless, there is a total impression derived from it which we cannot feel to be true.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864|Various
Germany recognizes the total independence of German Austria in the boundaries traced.
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The annual balance sheet, however, would show the percentage of profit to the total outlay.
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British Dictionary definitions for total

total

/ (ˈtəʊtəl) /

noun

the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts

adjective

complete; absolutethe evening was a total failure; a total eclipse

(prenominal) being or related to a totalthe total number of passengers

verb -tals, -talling or -talled or US -tals, -taling or -taled

(when intr, sometimes foll by to) to amountto total six pounds

(tr) to add upto total a list of prices

(tr) slang to kill or badly injure (someone)

(tr) mainly US to damage (a vehicle) beyond repair

Derived forms of total

totally, adverb

Word Origin for total

C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from Latin tōtus all

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total

adjective

noun

verb (used with object), to·taled, to·tal·ing or (especially British) to·talled, to·tal·ling.

verb (used without object), to·taled, to·tal·ing or (especially British) to·talled, to·tal·ling.

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noun

adjective

verb -tals, -talling or -talled or US -tals, -taling or -taled

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