total

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
  2. Sum.
adj
  1. Entire; relating to the whole of something.
  2. Complete; absolute.
  3. Defined on all possible inputs.
  4. Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.
  5. Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.
verb
  1. To add up; to calculate the sum of.
  2. To equal a total of; to amount to.
  3. To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
  4. To amount to; to add up to.

Pronunciation

/ˈtəʊ.tl̩/ tōʹtl /ˈtoʊ.tl̩/ [tʰoʊ̯ɾɫ] [tʰɔɾɫ] en-us-total.ogg

Word forms

total totals totall more total most total totaling totalling totaled totalled

Etymology

From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.

Translations

Bulgarian: възлизам Catalan: totalitzar Dutch: uitkomen op Dutch: gelijk zijn aan Finnish: olla Finnish: tehdä Indonesian: seluruhnya Northern Kurdish: tev bûn Polish: równać się Polish: wynosić Polish: wynieść Telugu: సరాసరి
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