Total

/ˈtəʊ.tl̩/ · noun

Meaning

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts..

Definitions by Sense

1. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
2. (informal, mathematics) Sum.
3. Entire; relating to the whole of something.
4. (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
5. (mathematics, of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.
6. (mathematics, more generally, of a relation R on X × Y) Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.
7. (mathematics, of a partial order ≤) Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.
8. (transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.

Example Sentences

A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.

The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

The total book is rubbish from start to finish.  The total number of votes cast is 3,270.

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

Each member brought a unique musical influence to the total sound.

Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

He is a total failure.

Air waid! Wights out! Total bwackout!

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Word Forms

• totals
• totall
• more total
• most total
• totaling
• totalling
• totaled
• totalled

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