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What does total mean?
Definitions in simple English

total Noun

— A total is the final amount of something. It is a term used in math.

total Verb

— If you total something, you add them up. — If something totals something, it adds up to that; it amounts to. The total of your purchase comes to $53. — If you total something, you destroy it; you wreck it.

total Adjective

— If something is total, it is complete; it is finished. He is a total failure — If something is total, it is entire. The total book was very bad.

total

— adjective (= entire, full) constituting the full quantity or extent; complete an entire town devastated by an earthquake gave full attention a total failure — verb (= number, add up, come, amount) add up in number or quantity The bills amounted to $2,000 The bill came to $2,000 — noun (= sum) the whole amount — noun (= sum) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers — verb (= sum, add) determine the sum of Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town — adjective (= full) complete in extent or degree and in every particular a full game a total eclipse a total disaster — verb damage beyond the point of repair My son totaled our new car the rock star totals his guitar at every concert

Synonyms total synonyms

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total English » English

sum whole complete entire all aggregate amount gross overall absolute totality full add up number sum up all together altogether add tally in all summate sum total every one count arrant utter tot perfect lump general completely come all-out tote up total amount tot up thorough result grand total full amount entirety entirely combined add together wreck whole thing unmitigated totally totalling totalize

Topics total topics

What do people use total to talk about?
States Quantity Count

Add numbers
States Quantity

All
Physical actions Break, wear out

Destroy
Daily life Food Eat

Fast, not eat

Conjugation total conjugation

How do you conjugate total?

total · verb

Examples total examples

How do I use total in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Due to total Russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is on the brink of extinction.
How much money did you spend in total?
Our total debts amount to ten thousand dollars.
The total at the bottom of the page is carried forward.
How did a total stranger know his name?
The man was a total stranger.
The total came to ten dollars.
Gross national product is a nation's total output of goods and services as measured in monetary value.
What is the total amount?
My total income is far short of 300,000 yen a month, inclusive of extra earnings.
What is the total number of students?
What's the total population of France?
The total is approximately ten thousand dollars.
Casualties are said to total up to 1,000.
We sat in total silence.
What is the total price with all taxes included?
He is a total stranger to me.
They make up about 12.5 percent of the total population.
Can you work out the total cost of the trip?
In the post-War period, up until 1975, Emperor Showa prayed at the Yasukuni Shrine a total of 8 times.
The total solar eclipse can be observed next year on June 22nd.
The total bill for drinks came up to 7000 dollars.

Movie subtitles

There were 1 1,095 volumes in total, and it was compiled by a team of 2,000 scholars.
They say you're total wimps.
Two total misfits.
Total write-off.
This place is a total disaster.
I'm tea-total.
Total splenectomy.
They have a total population of ten thousand.
Do you insist on making my evening a total failure?
I can't have my wife gallivanting around the country. in the moonlight, with a total stranger.
Now she's going to shack up with a total stranger.
Flora, you'll notice when you look through my sales book I cancelled slip number five, but I deducted it from the total.
Each one pays half, and the total is less than the aggregate surtax, so the surtax is less than the something or other.
Miss Shelley, I am at a total loss.
She's obviously a total headcase.
Allowing the cyborgs to abduct an upstanding citizen right from under us is a total disgrace to the Guardians.
How many bales are missing in total?
Not only a change of scene, but a total change in mood.
A total stranger had to come by and open the police's eyes!
Because now that I've found out what has triggered your total madness, I don't think you should be held back.
But achieving the very opposite of your aim is the absolute proof that you're a total idiot.
That's an entirely honest total of 50,000. And you deserve it.
Not a total waste of time!
Her seven daughters are total gangsters.
The total is getting rather high.
By the way, Macy, what was the total ticket sale?
I was hoping they'd do the right thing, but I'm not surprised they're being total jerks.
Every single one of them is so horrible. there are total of 10 kinds of hells.
That is a total lie.
Concerning my loan for the Corsican expedition, and for a total of 100,000 pounds.
In a word, it will be a total failure.
I finally understood that my fairy godmother. was none other than the monstrous Madam Morlot. and we were in total agreement.
Knowing your opponent's total. it's your option to draw a 6. or stand pat comfortably with 4.
Give me a total on that.
You and I are in total agreement.

News and current affairs

Most economists failed to foresee the economic dynamics that actually led to the crisis, because they failed to pay enough attention to the rapid increase in US total debt.
But all parts of a country's total debt and how it is financed are interconnected.
First, funds from different sources of finance are interchangeable to a certain degree: deficiency of funds for one component of total debt can be supplemented by surplus funds originally aimed at financing other components.
Second, troubles in any single component of total debt will have an impact on all the other components.
The dilemma facing US policymakers is how to stimulate growth while lowering the level of total debt.
But neither improved competitiveness, nor reduction of total debt, can be achieved overnight.
The cumulative total since the beginning of the first crisis year (2008) means that Spain has financed its entire current-account deficit via the printing press.
Divide that total by the world's population, thus calculating what each person's share of the total is.
To put that number in perspective, it is about twice the total effect of the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions in the rest of the world, including the European Union.
Unemployment, and fear that it will spread, drives down wages, incomes, and consumption - and thus total demand.
By the same token, the interests of any one of them must not be allowed to become the total interest of the US.
According to research conducted by the British Home Office, America now incarcerates over one fifth of the world's total prisoners.
Its defense expenditures represent nearly half the world total, and exceed those of the next 17 countries combined.
That leaves only about one-third of total federal spending from which to cut, and much of that goes to the defense budget, which Republicans will attempt to protect in the future.
Africa is a continent rich in energy, holding two-thirds of the world's reserves of hydro-electric power - trillions of kilowatt-hours representing about half of total world resources.
Under Arafat's long rule, whole generations of Palestinians have been indoctrinated with the belief that only total victory is acceptable.
A total of almost 1.5 million young soldiers from both North and South Korea face off against each across the heavily armed Demilitarized Zone.
In the US, bank profits were an even larger share of the total.
Put differently, the value of the dollar reflects total national saving, not just savings in the household sector.
So deregulation and integration of services will be essential if the Euro area's TFP is to improve, as more than two-thirds of total income in most EU economies is generated in this sector.

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