Definitions for total
ˈtoʊt lto·tal

Princeton's WordNet(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sum, total, totality, aggregatenoun

   the whole amount

2. sum, amount, totaladjective

   a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

3. entire, full, totaladjective

   constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

   "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"

4. full, totalverb

   complete in extent or degree and in every particular

   "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"

5. total, number, add up, come, amountverb

   add up in number or quantity

   "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

6. total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add upverb

   determine the sum of

   "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

7. totalverb

   damage beyond the point of repair

   "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. totalnoun

   An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

   A total of u00A3145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.

   Etymology: From total, from totalis, from totus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to , (acc.), from tewtéh₂. More at Dutch.

2. totalnoun

   Sum.

   The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

   Etymology: From total, from totalis, from totus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to , (acc.), from tewtéh₂. More at Dutch.

3. totalverb

   To add up; to calculate the sum of.

   When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.

   Etymology: From total, from totalis, from totus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to , (acc.), from tewtéh₂. More at Dutch.

4. totalverb

   To equal a total of; to amount to.

   That totals seven times so far.

   Etymology: From total, from totalis, from totus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to , (acc.), from tewtéh₂. More at Dutch.

5. totalverb

   to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

   Honey, I'm OK, but I've totaled the car.

   Etymology: From total, from totalis, from totus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to , (acc.), from tewtéh₂. More at Dutch.

6. totalverb

   To amount to; to add up to.

   It totals nearly a pound.

   Etymology: From total, from totalis, from totus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to , (acc.), from tewtéh₂. More at Dutch.

7. totaladjective

   Entire; relating to the whole of something.

   Etymology: From total, from totalis, from totus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to , (acc.), from tewtéh₂. More at Dutch.

8. totaladjective

   Complete; absolute.

   He is a total failure.

   Etymology: From total, from totalis, from totus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to , (acc.), from tewtéh₂. More at Dutch.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Totaladjective

   whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss

2. Totalnoun

   the whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions

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1. Total

   Total was an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records imprint during the 1990s. The group consisted of members Kima Raynor, Keisha Spivey, and Pamela Long.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Total

   tō′tal, adj. whole: complete: undivided: unqualified, absolute.—n. the whole: the entire amount.—v.t. to bring to a total, add up: to amount to.—ns. Tōtalisā′tion; Tōtalisā′tor, Tō′talīser, an automatic betting-machine.—v.t. Tō′talīse.—ns. Tō′talīser; Tōtal′ity, the whole sum, quantity, or amount.—adv. Tō′tally.—n. Tō′talness, entireness. [Fr.,—Low L. totalis—L. totus, whole.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. total

   The whole amount.

   The total bill was shared among everyone to ensure it was fair as no-one drinks alcoho.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

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1. total

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'total' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #799

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'total' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1310

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'total' in Nouns Frequency: #880

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'total' in Verbs Frequency: #979

5. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'total' in Adjectives Frequency: #94

Anagrams for total »

1. lotta

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of total in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of total in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of total in a Sentence

1. President Trump:

   With all of the failed ‘ experts ’ weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North Korea over time and South Korea right now if I was n’t firm, strong and willing to commit our total ‘ might ’ against North Korea over time.

2. Brett Schaefer:

   If he is proposing giving these resources to the U.N. system, it would represent a massive expansion of resources to organizations that have a troubling history of mismanagement and inefficiency, in 2018, global GDP was $85 trillion. Total revenue for the U.N. system in 2018 was $56 billion. Moreover, we have seen the World Health Organization badly mishandle the response to COVID-19 by trusting information from China. Why that experience would give governments confidence to give such resources to the UN is a mystery.

3. Donald Trump:

   So that's the system that we have and it's a shame and it's disgraceful and sometimes the boards rule, but I would say it's probably less than 10%, and you see these guys making these enormous amounts of money, it's a total and complete joke.

4. Shannon Kimball:

   We are seeking additional input from teachers and staff regarding the total package of changes to our nondiscrimination policies that have been proposed.

5. Chris Murphy:

   A general at DoD was especially worrying under Trump, trump had zero foreign policy experience, a penchant to glorify violence, a total neophyte Secretary of State, and an unstable, war mongering former general as NSA.

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