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total
[toht-l]
adjective
constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole.
the total expenditure.
Synonyms: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.
Synonyms: ,the whole; an entirety.
the impressive total of Mozart's achievement.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used with object)
to bring to a total; add up.
to reach a total of; amount to.
Slang.Ģżto wreck or demolish completely.
He totaled his new car in the accident.
verb (used without object)
to amount (often followed byto ).
total
/ Ė³ŁÉŹ³ŁÉ±ō /
noun
the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts
adjective
complete; absolute
the evening was a total failure
a total eclipse
(prenominal) being or related to a total
the total number of passengers
verb
to amount
to total six pounds
(tr) to add up
to total a list of prices
slangĢż(tr) to kill or badly injure (someone)
(tr) to damage (a vehicle) beyond repair
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- quasi-total adjective
- quasi-totally adverb
- retotal verb (used with object)
- supertotal noun
- untotaled adjective
- untotalled adjective
- Ė³Ł“Ē³Ł²¹±ō±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of total1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Today, we are adding 23 staffers to our tracker, taking the total to 109.
Police have made a total of 17 arrested following disorder in various parts of Northern Ireland.
Dighton represented himself in court at a previous hearing and admitted attempted murder with a knife, attempted arson, attacking two other police officers, and threatening a third - pleading guilty to a total of 11 charges.
After six weeks, the Rosses had only received two bookings, totalling Ā£180.
The combination of the new utility costs and rent hikes resulted in total increases of up to 20%, more than double the allowable amount, according to the suit.
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When To Use
Total describes the wholeness or entirety of something, like the total amount of cake you ate last night. If you ate the total cake, you ate the entire cake (and might have felt sick afterward!).Total describes the breadth of something either physically or conceptually. For example, your total order describes all the items in your purchase. While if youāre a total success, you are completely successful.A total is the complete amount or sum. The total on your restaurant bill is the entire amount of money you owe for your meal.A total can also be the entirety of something. The total of your book collection would be all the books you own, and the total of your sports equipment is all the equipment you own.Finally, to total is to add up (to total your bill) or to reach an amount, as in The bill totalled up to $56.75.Example: The total on the bill is higher than I expected because I forgot about sales tax.
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