'Total' definitions:

Definition of 'total'

From: WordNet
adjective
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure" [syn: entire, full, total]
adjective
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" [syn: full, total]
noun
The whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate]
noun
A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers [syn: sum, amount, total]
verb
Add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount]
verb
Determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]
verb
Damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"

Definition of 'Total'

From: GCIDE
  • Total \To"tal\, a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.] Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1.
  • Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Total'

From: GCIDE
  • Total \To"tal\, n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Total'

From: GCIDE
  • Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totaledor Totalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.]
  • 1. To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill. [PJC]
  • 3. To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss. [colloq.] [PJC]

Synonyms of 'total'

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