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   total

   /ˈtəʊtl/

   adjective

   • 1. comprising the whole number or amount: "a total cost of £4,000" Similar entirecompletewholefullcomprehensivecombinedaggregategrossoverallcompositeintegral
   • 2. complete; absolute: "it is a matter of total indifference to me" Similar completeutterabsolutethoroughperfectdownrightout-and-outoutrightthoroughgoingall-outsheerpositiveprizerankpuredyed-in-the-wooldeep-dyedrealconsummateveritableunmitigatedunqualifiedunadulteratedunalloyedunconditionalunequivocalfullunlimitedlimitlessinfiniteultimatethrough and throughin-depthunbrokenundivideduninterruptedinformal:rightproperarchaic:arrantOpposite partial

   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 torun tomakecorrespond toequalwork out asnumbertot up to
   • ▪ add up the full number or amount of: "the scores were totalled" Similar addsumcountreckontotcomputework outtake stock of
   • 2. damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck: informal North American "he almost totalled the car" Similar wreckcrashsmashdestroydamage beyond repairdemolishwrite offinformal:prang

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin totalis, from totum ‘the whole’, neuter of Latin totus ‘whole, entire’. The verb, at first in the sense ‘add up’, dates from the late 16th century.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTOTAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   noun [ C ] uk / ˈtəʊ.t ə l / us / ˈtoʊ.t̬ 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.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › totalTotal Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryTOTAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   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. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › totalTOTAL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   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.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTOTAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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 /

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › totalTotal - definition of total by The Free Dictionary

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   n. 1. An amount obtained by addition; a sum. 2. The whole amount of something; the entirety: The storm damaged the total of the housing units. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire: the total population of the city. See Synonyms at whole. 2. Complete; utter; absolute: total concentration; a total effort; a total fool.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of total – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   including everything: The total cost of the work was $800. Fewer examples. I'm trying to work out the total cost. China's total energy consumption has doubled in the last ten years. The device measures the total distance travelled. The total cost of the film was twenty million dollars.