Definition of TOTAL

total

Plural: totals

Noun

  • the whole amount
  • a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
  • An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
  • Sum.

Verb

Verb Forms: totaled, totaling, totals, totalled, totalling

  • To calculate the full amount or sum of something.
  • add up in number or quantity
  • determine the sum of
  • damage beyond the point of repair
    • "My son totaled our new car"
    • "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"
  • To add up; to calculate the sum of.
  • To equal a total of; to amount to.
  • To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
  • To amount to; to add up to.

Adjective Satellite

  • constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
    • "a total failure"
  • complete in extent or degree and in every particular
    • "a total eclipse"
    • "a total disaster"

Adj

  • Entire; relating to the whole of something.
  • Complete; absolute.
  • Defined on all possible inputs.
  • Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.
  • Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.

Examples

  • A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
  • After the final word, we waited for the app to TOTAL our scores.
  • He is a total failure.
  • Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
  • It totals nearly a pound.
  • That totals seven times so far.
  • The Ackermann function is one of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.
  • The total book is rubbish from start to finish.  The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
  • The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
  • When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan 𐌕𐌏𐌖𐌕𐌏 (touto, “community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.

Antonyms

attenuated, conditional, depleted, half-assed, half-baked, hollowed out, incomplete, limited, mitigated, nontotal, partial, relative, reserved

Scrabble Score: 5

total: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
total: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
total: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

total: valid Words With Friends Word