total
constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
of or relating to the whole of something: the total effect of a play.
complete in extent or degree; absolute; unqualified; utter: a total failure.
involving all aspects, elements, participants, resources, etc.; unqualified; all-out: total war.
the total amount; sum; aggregate: a total of $200.
the whole; an entirety: the impressive total of Mozart's achievement.
to bring to a total; add up.
to reach a total of; amount to.
Slang. to wreck or demolish completely: He totaled his new car in the accident.
to amount (often followed by to).
Origin of total
1synonym study For total
Other words for total
Other words from total
- quasi-total, adjective
- qua·si-to·tal·ly, adverb
- re·to·tal, verb (used with object), re·to·taled, re·to·tal·ing or (especially British) re·to·talled, re·to·tal·ling, noun
- su·per·to·tal, noun
- un·to·taled, adjective
- un·to·talled, adjective
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How to use total in a sentence
The number of total hours worked in the two countries has decreased by almost exactly the same amount.
Despite wildly different approaches, the US and UK are seeing identical declines in hours worked | Dan Kopf | September 17, 2020 | QuartzBankruptcy filings for 2020 are clocking in at 424, according to S&P Global, and look on track to upset the total filings in 2010.
Sophie Hill on the changing face of retail and surviving 2020 | Margaret Trainor | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchOf that total, almost precisely half are projected to have occurred in red states.
Trump blames blue states for the coronavirus death toll — but most recent deaths have been in red states | Philip Bump | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostThat ended up happening, and 21 total students finished the class in the fourth quarter.
When a Calculus Class Abruptly Became Ceramics at Lincoln High | Scott Lewis | September 16, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe landscape is more encouraging internationally, where “Tenet” this weekend added over $30 million, pushing its global total to $207 million.
The North American box office isn’t bouncing back that fast | radmarya | September 14, 2020 | Fortune
Certainly, she seems to command near-total devotion among her clients.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTtotal oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
Former Gov. Jimmy Carter entered the 1976 Presidential campaign as a more or less total unknown.
He advocates a secular regime with a total separation of religion form the government.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMore than 750 prisoners have been detained in total over the past 13 years, and about 2,100 people work there.
Besides these, twenty thousand Indians are under the care of secular priests—making a total of two hundred and five thousand.
Quantitative estimation of the total sulphates yields little of clinical value.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe total fresh troops amounted to about 500 men of the 73rd Native Regiment and Spanish cazadores.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanRich natives and Chinese lost large sums of money, the total of which cannot be ascertained.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanAlmost one-quarter of the total supply printed has been placed in circulation.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
British Dictionary definitions for total
/ (ˈtəʊtəl) /
the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts
complete; absolute: the evening was a total failure; a total eclipse
(prenominal) being or related to a total: the total number of passengers
(when intr, sometimes foll by to) to amount: to total six pounds
(tr) to add up: to total a list of prices
(tr) slang to kill or badly injure (someone)
(tr) mainly US to damage (a vehicle) beyond repair
Origin of total
1Derived forms of total
- totally, adverb
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