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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. Learn the meaning of total as a noun, adjective, and verb in English. Find out how to use total in different contexts, such as adding numbers, describing amounts, or expressing extremes.

  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. Learn the various meanings and uses of the word total as an adjective, noun, verb, and adverb. See synonyms, examples, and word history of total.

  5. Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of the word 'total' in British and American English. Find out how to use 'total' as a noun, adjective, verb, or adverb in different contexts and sentences.

  6. Total describes the wholeness or entirety of something, like the total amount of cake you ate last night. If you ate the total cake, you ate the entire cake (and might have felt sick afterward!). Total describes the breadth of something either physically or conceptually.

  7. 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.

  8. Learn the meaning and usage of the word total as an adjective, with synonyms, pronunciation and pictures. Find out how to use total to describe the amount or number after counting or adding everything, or to emphasize something to the greatest degree possible.