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.

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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

How to pronounce total?

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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. Jocelyn Velazquez:

   Working from home has its blessings but they have yet to be as evident as when COVID-19 hit the U.S. and put our home state of Michigan on total lockdown.

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. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Perfection exists no where, because we all live in fragments - mental, psychological, physical, spiritual. Being total is an art which takes many lives to master!

4. Fernanda Ly:

   The bachelor's that I'm doing is in interior architecture, but it also has to do with exteriors, spacial design and landscape design. I'm interested in how people interact with a space, the idea of architecture as social commentary, and how the total effect can change when you alter one concept, and out of all of the artistic sort of studies, it's the most acceptable by my parents.

5. Zach Graumann:

   Andrew Yang is the only contender showing exponential growth in the third quarter, this grassroots fundraising total, with over $6 million in the bank, ensures this campaign will have the funding to compete and outperform expectations through Super Tuesday and beyond.

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