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Meaning of total in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  4. Noun
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈtoʊdl/

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  1. Verb

    total

    Definitions

    1. add up in number or quantity

    Examples

    • « The bills amounted to $2,000 »
    • « The bill came to $2,000 »

    Derived terms

    • aggregate
    • amount
    • figure
    • measure
    • number
    • numeral
    • quantity
    • sum
    • totality
  2. 2. determine the sum of

    Examples

    • « Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town »

    Derived terms

    • adder
    • addition
    • aggregate
    • amount
    • count
    • counting
    • enumeration
    • numeration
    • plus
    • reckoning
    • sum
    • summation
    • sum total
    • tally
    • totality
  3. Classifying Adjective

    total

    Definitions

    1. constituting the full quantity or extent

    Examples

    • « complete »
    • « an entire town devastated by an earthquake »
    • « gave full attention »
    • « a total failure »

    Synonyms

    • whole
  4. 2. including everything

    Examples

    • « the overall cost »
    • « the total amount owed »

    Synonyms

    • gross
  5. 3. without conditions or limitations

    Examples

    • « a total ban »

    Synonyms

    • unconditional
  6. 4. complete in extent or degree and in every particular

    Examples

    • « a full game »
    • « a total eclipse »
    • « a total disaster »

    Synonyms

    • complete
  7. Noun

    total

    Definitions

    1. the whole amount

    Derived terms

    • add
    • add together
    • add up
    • aggregate
    • amount
    • combine
    • come
    • number
    • sum
    • summate
    • sum up
    • tally
    • tot
    • tote up
    • tot up
  8. 2. a quantity obtained by addition

    Derived terms

    • add
    • add together
    • add up
    • amount
    • come
    • number
    • sum
    • summate
    • sum up
    • tally
    • tot
    • tote up
    • tot up

Famous quotes

  • « My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good... I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx - though this undoubtedly will be suggested - but from Fichte and Hegel. »
    John Grierson
  • « Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not. »
    Cher
  • « No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist. »
    Patti Smith
  • « Few will have the greatness to bend history itself but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. »
    Robert Kennedy
  • « When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice. »
    Eddie Van Halen

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