Definitions for total
ˈtoʊt lto·tal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. totalnoun

   An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

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

2. totalnoun

   Sum.

   The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

3. totalverb

   To add up; to calculate the sum of.

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

4. totalverb

   To equal a total of; to amount to.

   That totals seven times so far.

5. totalverb

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

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

6. totalverb

   To amount to; to add up to.

   It totals nearly a pound.

7. totaladjective

   Entire; relating to the whole of something.

8. totaladjective

   Complete; absolute.

   He is a total failure.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Totaladjective

   Etymology: totus, Lat. total, Fr.

   1. Whole; complete; full.

   They set and rise;
   Lest total darkness should by night regain
   Her old possession, and extinguish life. John Milton.

   If all the pains that, for thy Britain’s sake,
   My past has took, or future life may take,
   Be grateful to my queen; permit my pray’r,
   And with this gift reward my total care. Matthew Prior.

   2. Whole; not divided.

   Either to undergo
   Myself the total crime; or to accuse
   My other-self, the partner of my life. John Milton, Par. Lost.

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1. total

   Total refers to the complete amount or sum of items, numbers, objects, or a particular set of values or concepts when they are put together. It is the final or cumulative result obtained from adding or combining various elements. The word is frequently used in the context of mathematics, statistics, and financial transactions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.]

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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

How to pronounce total?

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How to say total in sign language?

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. Maxim Behar:

   One of the things which has been and is going to be of key importance before, during, and after the pandemic is total transparency. Thanks to total transparency, business, and life itself, is becoming more ethical, better organized, and make more sense.

2. John Berger:

   When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together.

3. JJ Watchman:

   The highest level of Christianity is total humility, total humility means not choosing the best, but letting the best chose you

4. Goa Kerle:

   Just the same way the challenge has total power in the aggressor side, have total power in the defense side. Don't give the challenge any power in the defense side.

5. The Labor:

   On May 11, 2020, BLS corrected errors in national estimates for seasonally adjusted all employees in professional and technical services, professional and business services, private service-providing, service-providing, total private, and total nonfarm, the corrected change in total nonfarm employment for April is 37,000 lower than initially reported.

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