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to⋅tal

  [toht-l] adjective, noun, verb, -taled, -tal⋅ing or (especially British) -talled, -tal⋅ling.
–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).
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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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Word Origin & History

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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