Total
['təʊt(ə)l] or ['totl]
Definition
(verb.) damage beyond the point of repair; 'My son totaled our new car'; 'the rock star totals his guitar at every concert'.
(verb.) determine the sum of; 'Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town'.
(verb.) add up in number or quantity; 'The bills amounted to $2,000'; 'The bill came to $2,000'.
Checked by Felicia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
(n.) The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Checker: Monroe
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Whole, complete, full, entire, integral.
n. Whole, totality, aggregate, gross, lump, mass, amount, sum, sum total, gross amount.
Inputed by Boris
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Aggregate, whole, entirety, sum, completion
ANT:Part, item, portion, contribution
SYN:Whole, entire, complete, undivided, gross,[See CAST]
Editor: Nell
Definition
adj. whole: complete: undivided: unqualified absolute.—n. the whole: the entire amount.—v.t. to bring to a total add up: to amount to.—ns. Tōtalisā′tion; Tōtalisā′tor Tō′talīser an automatic betting-machine.—v.t. Tō′talīse.—ns. Tō′talīser; Tōtal′ity the whole sum quantity or amount.—adv. Tō′tally.—n. Tō′talness entireness.
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Examples
- In all other respects Fosco, on that memorable day, was Fosco shrouded in total eclipse. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then I don't understand,' pursues the Father, 'how even their living beyond their means could bring them to what has been termed a total smash. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The whole atmosphere could not consist of such groups of three because the watery particles were but a small portion of the total a tmosphere. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The house had stood on a tottering base for a dozen years; and at last, in the shock of the French Revolution, it had rushed down a total ruin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Our total loss (not including Burnside's) in all these engagements amounted to 757 killed, 4,529 wounded and 330 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The wire in each disc is 1,140 feet long; and the total length of wire in the regenerator is 41? miles, or equal to the surface of four steam boilers, each 40 feet long and 4 feet diameter. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The table herewith given summarizes the figures that have just been presented, and affords an idea of the totals affected by the genius of this one man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the totals following is included the compensation paid to salaried officials and clerks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It would be manifestly impossible to give exact figures of such a gigantic and swiftly moving industry, whose totals increase from week to week. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Polly