TOTAL

entire, full, total

(adjective) constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; “an entire town devastated by an earthquake”; “gave full attention”; “a total failure”

full, total

(adjective) complete in extent or degree and in every particular; “a full game”; “a total eclipse”; “a total disaster”

sum, total, totality, aggregate

(noun) the whole amount

sum, amount, total

(noun) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

total

(verb) damage beyond the point of repair; “My son totaled our new car”; “the rock star totals his guitar at every concert”

total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up

(verb) determine the sum of; “Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”

total, number, add up, come, amount

(verb) add up in number or quantity; “The bills amounted to $2,000”; “The bill came to $2,000”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

total (plural totals)

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

(informal, mathematics) Sum.

Synonyms

• (sum): sum

Adjective

total (comparative more total, superlative most total)

Entire; relating to the whole of something.

(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

Synonyms

• (entire): entire, full, whole; see also entire

• (complete): absolute, complete, utter; see also total

Verb

total (third-person singular simple present totals, present participle (US) totaling or (UK) totalling, simple past and past participle (US) totaled or (UK) totalled)

(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.

To equal a total of; to amount to.

(transitive, US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

Synonyms

• (add up): add up, sum

• (demolish): demolish, trash, wreck

Anagrams

• lotta

Source: Wiktionary


To"tal, a. Etym: [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.]

Definition: Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." Milton. Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1.

– Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.

Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.

To"tal, n.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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