Meaning of sum total in English

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  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

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  1. Noun

    sum total

    Definitions

    1. the final aggregate

    Examples

    • « the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered »

    Derived terms

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  • « History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. »
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  • « The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals. »
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  • « On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger. »
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