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- DictionaryTo·tal/ˈtōd(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. comprising the whole number or amount: "a total cost of $4,000"
- 2. complete; absolute: "a total stranger"
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"
- 2. damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck: informal North American "he almost totaled the car"
TOTAL meaning: 1. the amount you get when several smaller amounts are added together: 2. including everything…. Learn more.
1. : comprising or constituting a whole : entire. the total amount. 2. : absolute, utter. a total failure. a total stranger. 3. : involving a complete and unified effort especially to achieve a desired effect.
TOTAL definition: 1. the amount you get when several smaller amounts are added together: 2. including everything…. Learn more.
Total describes the breadth of something either physically or conceptually. For example, your total order describes all the items in your purchase. While if you’re a total success, you are completely successful.
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.
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.
n. the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts. adj. 1. complete; absolute: the evening was a total failure; a total eclipse. 2. ( prenominal) being or related to a total: the total number of passengers. vb, -tals, -talling or -talled, -tals, -taling or -taled.
Synonyms for TOTAL: absolute, sheer, complete, utter, unconditional, pure, definite, simple; Antonyms of TOTAL: uncertain, restricted, doubtful, questionable, qualified, dubious, equivocal, partial.
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.
total. the amount you get when you add several numbers or amounts together; the final number of people or things when they have all been counted. a total of something You got 47 points on the written examination and 18 on the oral, making a total of 65.
