total

to·tal

 (tōt′l)

n.

1. An amount obtained by addition; a sum.

2. The whole amount of something; the entirety: The storm damaged the total of the housing units.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire: the total population of the city. See Synonyms at whole.

2. Complete; utter; absolute: total concentration; a total effort; a total fool.

v. to·taled, to·tal·ing, to·tals or to·talled or to·tal·ling

v.tr.

1. To determine the total of; add up: They totaled the applications at 600.

2. To equal a total of; amount to: The week's receipts totaled more than $90,000.

3. To wreck completely; demolish: The driver survived the crash but totaled the car.

v.intr.

To add up; amount: It totals to $25.

Idiom:

in total

All together; entirely.

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[Middle English, whole, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from Latin tōtus; see teutā- in Indo-European roots.]

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total

(ˈtəʊtəl)

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

3. (when: intr, sometimes foll by to) to amount: to total six pounds.

4. (tr) to add up: to total a list of prices.

5. (tr) slang to kill or badly injure (someone)

6. (Automotive Engineering) (tr) chiefly US to damage (a vehicle) beyond repair

[C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from Latin tōtus all]

ˈtotally adv

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to•tal

(ˈtoʊt l)

adj., n., v. -taled, -tal•ing (esp. Brit.) -talled, -tal•ling. adj.

1. constituting or comprising the whole; entire: the total expenditure.

2. of or pertaining to the whole of something: the total effect of a play.

3. complete in extent or degree; utter: a total failure.

n.

4. the total amount; sum; aggregate.

5. the whole; an entirety.

v.t.

6. to bring to a total; add up.

7. to reach a total of; amount to.

8. to wreck or demolish beyond repair: He totaled his car in the accident.

v.i.

9. to amount (often fol. by to).

[1350–1400; Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin tōtālis= Latin tōt(us) entire + -ālis -al¹]

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total

Past participle: totalled
Gerund: totalling

Imperative

total

total

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	total - the whole amount       aggregate, totality, sum whole, unit - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
	2.	total - a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers sum, amount quantity - the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable grand total - the sum of the sums of several groups of numbers subtotal - the sum of part of a group of numbers
Verb	1.	total - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" number, amount, add up, come work out - be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" outnumber - be larger in number average, average out - amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" make - add up to; "four and four make eight"
	2.	total - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, add up, sum, sum up, tally, add add together, add - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!" count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
	3.	total - damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert" damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
Adj.	1.	total - constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure" entire, full whole - including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
	2.	total - complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" full complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"

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total

noun

1. sum, mass, entirety, grand total, whole, amount, aggregate, totality, full amount, sum total The companies have a total of 1,776 employees.
sum part, subtotal, individual amount

adjective

1. entire, full, whole, complete, combined, overall, comprehensive, gross The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.

2. complete, absolute, utter, whole, perfect, entire, sheer, outright, all-out, thorough, unconditional, downright, undisputed, consummate, unqualified, out-and-out, undivided, overarching, unmitigated, thoroughgoing, arrant, deep-dyed (usually derogatory) The car was in a total mess. I mean I'm not a total idiot.
complete part, limited, qualified, restricted, partial, incomplete, conditional, fragmentary, uncombined

verb

1. amount to, make, come to, reach, equal, run to, number, add up to, correspond to, work out as, mount up to, tot up to Their exports will total £85 million this year.

2. add up, work out, sum up, compute, reckon, tot up They haven't totalled the exact figures.
add up deduct, subtract

3. (Informal) wreck, crash, destroy, smash, write off (Brit.), demolish, prang (Brit. informal), damage beyond repair I broke my collar bone and totalled the bike.

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total

noun

1. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition:

aggregate, amount, sum, summation, sum total, totality.

Archaic: tale.

2. An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back:

aggregate, all, entirety, everything, gross, sum, totality, whole.

Informal: work (used in plural).

Idioms: everything but the kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the whole ball of wax.

adjective

1. Including every constituent or individual:

all, complete, entire, gross, whole.

2. Completely such, without qualification or exception:

absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter.

Informal: flat-out, positive.

Chiefly British: blooming.

verb

1. To combine (figures) to form a sum:

add (up), cast, foot (up), sum (up), tot (up), totalize.

2. To come to in number or quantity:

aggregate, amount, number, reach, run into.

Idiom: add up to.

3. Slang. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:

bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack, wreck.

Idiom: put the kibosh on.

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Translations

إِجْمَاليّالمَبْلَغ الإجْماليكُلّي، إجْمالييَبْلُغ مَجْموعه

celkovýcelýčinit celkemnaprostýsoučet

totalbeløbe sig tilfacitsamlet antalsum

SummevölligsummierenganzGesamt-..

συνολικόςσύνολοολοκληρωτικός

totalsumarascenderascender aelevarse a

kokokokonais-kokonaismäärälaskea yhteenmäärä

totaltotaliserélever áglobalsomme

ukupanukupno

összértékösszesteljes

samanlagîur; allur; algjörsumma, heildarupphæîvera samtals, nema

totaletotalizzaretuttoammontarecomplessivo

合計完全な

전체의합계

galīgskopējskopsummakopsummā būt/veidotpilnīgs

totaalsom

sumtotal

całkowitysuma

totalsoma

итогобщийполныйсумма

celková čiastkačiniť celkove

celotenpopolnskupna vsota

summatotal

โดยสมบูรณ์ผลรวม

toplamtutmakvarmakyekûnetmek

tổngtổng số

总的总数总数达...完全的

total

[ˈtəʊtl]

A. ADJ

1. (= complete, utter) [lack, commitment] → total, absoluto; [ban] → total; [failure] → rotundo, absoluto
his attempt to try to resolve the dispute was a total failure → su intento de resolver la disputa fue un fracaso rotundo or absoluto
he felt like a total failure → se sentía un completo fracasado
a total stranger → un completo desconocido
the car was a total write-off → el coche quedó totalmente destrozado
see also eclipse, recall

2. (= overall) [amount, number, cost] → total; [effect, policy] → global
a total population of 650,000 → una población total de 650.000 habitantes
total sales/assets → el total de ventas/activo
total losses amount to £100,000 → las pérdidas ascienden a (un total de) 100.000 libras, el total de pérdidas asciende a 100.000 libras

B. N → total m
the jobless total was three million → el total de parados fue de tres millones
in total → en total
a total of → un total de
see also grand, sum

C. VT

1. (= add up) [+ figures] → sacar el total de, sumar el total de

2. (= amount to) → ascender a
that totals £20 → el total asciende a 20 libras
the class now totals 20 students → en la clase hay ahora un total de 20 alumnos
prizes totalling £300 → premios por un (valor) total de 300 libras

3. (esp US) (= wreck) → destrozar, hacer fosfatina
the car was completely totalled → el coche quedó hecho fosfatina, el coche quedó para el arrastre

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total

[ˈtəʊt^əl]

adj

[amount, cost, number] → total(e)
a total cost of over 3,000 pounds → un coût total de plus de 3 000 livres
the total amount → le total

(= complete) [stranger] → parfait(e) before n; [shock, confidence] → total(e); [failure, collapse] → total(e)
She shouldn't have told such things to a total stranger → Elle n'aurait pas dû raconter ça à un parfait étranger.
His death has come as a total shock to all of us → Sa mort a été un choc total pour nous tous.
to have total confidence in sb/sth → avoir une totale confiance en qn/qch, avoir totalement confiance en qn/qch

n → total m
the grand total → le total
a total of → un total de
in total → au total

vt

(= add up) → faire le total de, totaliser

(= amount to) → s'élever à
They will compete for prizes totalling nearly £30,000 → Ils concourront pour des prix totalisant presque 30 000 livres.

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total

adj (= complete) → völlig, absolut; (= comprising the whole) → Gesamt-; war, eclipse → total; disaster → absolut, total; total sum/amount → Gesamtsumme f; the total cost → die Gesamtkosten pl; total income → Gesamteinkommen nt; what is the total number of rooms you have? → wie viele Zimmer haben Sie (insgesamt)?; a total population of 650,000 → eine Gesamtbevölkerung von 650.000; the total effect of all this worry was … → im Endeffekt haben seine Sorgen bewirkt, dass …; a total stranger → ein völlig Fremder; to be in total disagreement → völlig verschiedener Meinung sein; to be in total ignorance (of something) → (von etw) überhaupt nichts wissen; the silence was total → es herrschte völlige or vollkommene or totale Stille; my bewilderment was total → meine Verwirrung war vollkommen or komplett

n → Gesamtmenge f; (= money, figures) → Endsumme f; a total of 50 people → insgesamt 50 Leute; this brings the total to £100 → das bringt die Gesamtsumme auf £ 100; the true jobless total was 4 million → die wahre Arbeitslosenzahl belief sich auf insgesamt 4 Millionen; in total (= in all) → insgesamt ? grand, sum

vt

(= amount to) → sich belaufen auf (+acc); the visitors totalled 5000 → insgesamt kamen 5000 Besucher; prizes totalling £3000 → Preise im Gesamtwert von £ 3000

(= add: also total up) → zusammenzählen, zusammenrechnen

(US inf: = wreck) car → zu Schrott fahren

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total

[ˈtəʊtl]

1. adj (complete, utter) → totale, completo/a; (sum) → globale
the total losses amount to ... → il totale delle perdite ammonta a...
a total failure → un vero fiasco, un assoluto disastro
he was in total ignorance of the fact that ... → non sapeva assolutamente che...

2. n → totale m
grand total → somma globale
in total → in tutto

3. vt (also total up) (add) → sommare; (amount to) → ammontare a

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total

(ˈtəutəl) adjective

whole; complete. What is the total cost of the holiday?; The car was a total wreck. totale كُلّي، إجْمالي цял total celkový; úplný Gesamt-..., völlig total ολικός, πλήρης, ολοκληρωτικόςtotal kogu-, täielik کامل؛ سرجمع täysi total, completכולל सम्पूर्ण potpun, ukupan teljes keseluruhan samanlagður; allur; algjör totale 合計の 전체의 bendras, visas kopējs; pilnīgs; galīgs jumlah totaalsamlet; total-całkowity ټول، ټول ټال: بشپړ: بيخي: ټول، غونډ، جمله، مجموع: ټولول، غونډول، جمع كول total total, complet суммарный; полный celkový; úplný celoten, popoln potpun total, fullständig โดยสมบูรณ์ toplam 總計的，完全的 повний, цілковитий, абсолютний مکمل، پورا tổng số 总的，完全的

noun

the whole amount, ie of various sums added together. The total came to / was $10. totaal المَبْلَغ الإجْمالي цяло total celková částka die Gesamtsumme facit; sum σύνολοtotal kogusumma حاصل جمع loppusumma total סַך הַכּול जोड़ ukupni iznos összérték jumlah keseluruhan summa, heildarupphæð totale 合計 총계 bendra suma kopsumma jumlah eindbedragsumsuma ټول، ټول ټال: بشپړ: بيخي: ټول، غونډ، جمله، مجموع: ټولول، غونډول، جمع كول total total итог celková čiastka skupna vsota zbir total-, slutsumma ผลรวม toplam, yekûn 總數 ціле, сума, підсумок مجموعہ sự tổng cộng lại 总数

verb – past tense, past participle ˈtotalled –

to add up or amount to. The doctor's fees totalled $200. loop op يَبْلُغ مَجْموعه събирам somar činit celkem sich belaufen auf beløbe sig til ανέρχομαι σε, αθροίζωsumar, ascender a, elevarse a kogusummas ulatuma جمع زدن olla yhteensä s'élever à לְהִסתַכֵּם जोड़ निकालना iznositi, vrijediti összegez berjumlah vera samtals, nema ammontare a 合計する 총계를 내다 siekti, sudaryti kopsummā būt/veidot berjumlah bedragenbeløpe seg til, utgjøre wynosić ټول، ټول ټال: بشپړ: بيخي: ټول، غونډ، جمله، مجموع: ټولول، غونډول، جمع كول somar a se ridica la составлять činiť celkove znašati dostići uppgå till รวมยอด tutmak, etmek, varmak 總數達... становити, дорівнювати; складати جوڑنا، کسے مساوي ہونا tổng cộng là 总数达...

ˈtotally adverb

completely. I was totally unaware of his presence. totaal, geheel en al كُلِيّا напълно totalmente naprosto völlig fuldstændigt εντελώςtotalmente täiesti کاملاً täysin totalementלגמרי पूर्ण रूप से potpuno teljesen sepenuhnya algerlega totalmente 全く 완전히 visiškai pilnīgi; galīgi betul-betul geheeltotalt, heltcałkowicie په بشپړه توګه totalmente total абсолютно úplne popolnoma potpuno totalt, fullständigt โดยสิ้นเชิง bütünüyle, tamamen 完全 повністю, зовсім مکمل طور پر hoàn toàn, tổng cộng 完全

total up

to add up. He totalled up (the amount he had sold) at the end of the week. optel, opreken يَبْلُغ مجموعُه събирам somar spočítat úhrn zusammenzählen lægge sammen αθροίζωsumar, sacar/echar la cuenta kokku liitma جمع زدن laskea yhteen totaliser לְסַכֵּם पूर्णतया zbrojiti ukupnu svotu összegez menjumlah leggja saman, gera upp sommare 合計する 합산하다 sudėti, suskaičiuoti saskaitīt; summēt menjumlahkan optellenlegge sammen, summere sumować جمع كول somar a face tota­­lul подводить итог spočítať súčet sešteti sabrati räkna ihop ทำให้รวมกัน toplamak 合計 підбивати підсумки, підраховувати جوڑنا tính tổng cộng 合计

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total

→ إِجْمَاليّ celkový, součet samlet antal, total Summe, völlig συνολικός, σύνολο total kokonais-, kokonaismäärä total ukupan, ukupno totale 合計, 完全な 전체의, 합계 totaal sum, total całkowity, suma total итог, полный summa, total โดยสมบูรณ์, ผลรวม tam, toplam tổng, tổng số 总数, 总的

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total

a. total; completo-a;

v. sumar, añadir.

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total

adj & n total m

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