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    total
    /ˈtəʊtl/

    adjective

    noun

    • 1. the whole number or amount of something: "he scored a total of thirty-three points"

    verb

    • 1. amount in number to: "they were left with debts totalling £6,260" Similar add up toamount tomount up tocome to
    • 2. damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck: informal North American "he almost totalled the car" Similar wreckcrashsmashdestroy

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  2. the amount or number that you get when several smaller amounts are added together: a total of $20/£1,000/€3m, etc. We calculated all costs to the company and came to a total of $5,500. We employ 534 staff in total. We have a large workforce with women representing 30% of the total.

  3. noun [ C ] us / ˈtoʊ.t̬ ə l / uk / ˈtəʊ.t ə l / Add to word list. B1. the amount you get when several smaller amounts are added together: At that time of day, cars with only one occupant accounted for almost 80 percent of the total. A total of 21 horses were entered in the race. We made $1,000 in total, over three days of trading.

  4. The meaning of TOTAL is comprising or constituting a whole : entire. How to use total in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Total.

  5. A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group. The companies have a total of 1,776 employees. American English : total / ˈtoʊtəl /

  6. 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. noun. the total amount; sum; aggregate: a total of $200. Synonyms: totality, gross.

  7. Definition of total adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. A total is a whole or complete amount, and "to total" is to add numbers or to destroy something. In math, you total numbers by adding them: the result is the total. If you add 8 and 8, the total is 16.