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- Dictionaryto·tal/ˈtōd(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. comprising the whole number or amount: "a total cost of $4,000" Similar
- 2. complete; absolute: "a total stranger" Similar Opposite
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 totaling $6,260" Similar
- 2. damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck: informal North American "he almost totaled the car" Similar
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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.
very great or of the largest degree possible: total secrecy. a total disregard for their feelings. total silence. The organization of the event was a total shambles (= very bad). The collapse, when it came, was total.
very great or of the largest degree possible: total secrecy. a total disregard for their feelings. total silence. The organization of the event was a total shambles (= very bad). The collapse, when it came, was total.
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 /
constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure. Synonyms: complete. 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.
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. v. to·taled, to·tal·ing, to·tals or to·talled or to·tal·ling. v.tr. 1. To determine the total of; add up: They totaled the applications at 600. 2.
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. If a car is totaled in an accident, it has been completely destroyed.
being the amount or number after everyone or everything is counted or added together. Their total cost was $18 000. This brought the total number of accidents so far this year to 113. The club has a total membership of 300. the total profit/sales/revenue/income/expenditure/value. Try to cut down on the total amount of fat that you eat.
The whole amount of something; the entirety. The storm damaged the total of the housing units. American Heritage. Synonyms: result. entirety. sum. amount. aggregate. totality. universality. unanimity. omneity. mutuality. integrality. summation. summarization. recapitulation.
adjective. /ˈtoʊt̮l/ [usually before noun] being the amount or number after everyone or everything is counted or added together the total profit This brought the total number of accidents so far this year to 113. The club has a total membership of 300. Take your English to the next level.
