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).

OTHER WORDS FOR total

1 complete.

5, 6 gross, totality.

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Origin of total

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (adjective), from Medieval Latin tōtālis, equivalent to Latin tōt(us) “entire” + -ālis-al¹

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6. See whole.

OTHER WORDS FROM total

quasi-total, 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

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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|TechCrunch
Their 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.
Can You Pass The Cranberry Sauce?|Zach Wissner-Gross|November 20, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
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|Fortune
The 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|FiveThirtyEight

Mighty 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 Hamilton
Seventy-five per cent was granted them, the sum totalling $600,000 being paid.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920|Various
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. Wilson
The 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 Forces
A man has been sentenced at Barmen, Prussia, on three separate counts to terms of imprisonment totalling 175 years.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914|Various

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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