total
[toht-l]
- 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.
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- the total amount; sum; aggregate: a total of $200.
- the whole; an entirety: the impressive total of Mozart's achievement.
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- 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.
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- 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
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Contemporary Examples
There followed two meetings, totaling three hours, with MSNBC in-house lawyers and standards and practices staff.
A lot has happened along the way, such as twenty-four other Grisham bestsellers, totaling a quarter of a billion books sold.
Thus far, I have received payments every month, totaling $1.13 in interest and $2.45 in principal.
I'm making graduated payments (currently $1200 per month) on my seven law-school loans (totaling $145,000).
As of February 15, over 40,000 “Harlem Shake” videos have been uploaded to YouTube, totaling over 175 million views.
Historical Examples
She grinned beguilingly at the man who was totaling a long column of figures.
Hoofbeats on the TurnpikeMildred A. Wirt
It is the longest treaty ever drawn, totaling about 80,000 words.
The largest crop to date was produced in 1931 totaling 500 pounds.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual MeetingNorthern Nut Growers Association
Our losses have been amazingly small, totaling about 111 killed and wounded.
The stomach of one adult contained 14 large grasshoppers and four fish, totaling about 15 cc.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3Rollin H. Baker
total
- the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts
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- complete; absolutethe evening was a total failure; a total eclipse
- (prenominal) being or related to a totalthe total number of passengers
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- (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
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from Latin tōtus all
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Word Origin and History for totaling
total
adj.
late 14c., from Old French total, from Medieval Latin totalis "entire, total" (as in summa totalis "sum total"), from Latin totus "all, whole, entire," of unknown origin. Total war is attested from 1937, in reference to a concept developed in Germany.
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total
n.
1550s, from total (adj.).
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total
v.
1716, from total (n.). Meaning "to destroy one's car" first recorded 1954. Related: Totaled; totaling.
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