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to⋅tal

  [toht-l] adjective, noun, verb, -taled, -tal⋅ing or (especially British) -talled, -tal⋅ling.
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–adjective
1. constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
2. of or pertaining to the whole of something: the total effect of a play.
3. complete in extent or degree; absolute; unqualified; utter: a total failure.
4. involving all aspects, elements, participants, resources, etc.; unqualified; all-out: total war.
–noun
5. the total amount; sum; aggregate: a total of $200.
6. the whole; an entirety: the impressive total of Mozart's achievement.
–verb (used with object)
7. to bring to a total; add up.
8. to reach a total of; amount to.
9. Slang. to wreck or demolish completely: He totaled his new car in the accident.
–verb (used without object)
10. to amount (often fol. by to).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (adj.) < ML tōtālis, equiv. to L tōt(us) entire + -ālis -al 1

Synonyms:
1. complete. 5, 6. gross, totality. 6. See whole.
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to·tal   (tōt'l)   
n.  
  1. An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
  2. A whole quantity; an entirety.
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or constituting the whole; entire. See Synonyms at whole.
  2. Complete; utter; absolute: total concentration; a total effort; a total fool.
v.   to·taled or to·talled, to·tal·ing or to·tal·ling, to·tals

v.   tr.
  1. To determine the total of; add up.
  2. To equal a total of; amount to.
  3. To wreck completely; demolish: survived the crash but totaled the car.
v.   intr.
To add up; amount: It totals to three dollars.

[Middle English, whole, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from Latin tōtus; see teutā- in Indo-European roots.]
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Total

To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totaledor Totalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.] To bring to a total; to add; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.]

Total

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

Total

To"tal\, n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : total
Spanish: total,
German: Gesamt-…, völlig,
Japanese: 合計の
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total  (adj.)
c.1386, from O.Fr. total, from M.L. totalis "entire, total" (as in summa totalis "sum total"), from L. totus "all, whole, entire," of unknown origin. The noun is 1557, from the adj.; the verb is 1716, from the noun; meaning "to destroy one's car" first recorded 1954. Totality is from 1598; in the eclipse sense, 1842. Total war is attested from 1937, in ref. to a concept developed in Germany.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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