total
IPA: tˈoʊtʌɫ
noun
- An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
- (informal, mathematics) Sum.
verb
- (transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
- To equal a total of; to amount to.
- (transitive, US, slang) To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
- (intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
adjective
- Entire; relating to the whole of something.
- (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
- (mathematics) (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.
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Examples of "total" in Sentences
- I was totally mesmerized by the whole thing.
- It is not the time to total unconsciousness.
- It is almost as if there was total unconcern.
- By the way, the whole wavelet thing here is a total mess.
- For each transaction, the total debits equal the total credits.
- There are in total 124 names praising the Sun in the whole procedure.
- This leads to a lower cost for the total abatement effort as a whole.
- The total of the debit column must equal the total of the credit column.
- The debit column is then totalled and then the credit column is totalled.
- The whole definition of the BI is a complete and utter total incorrigible mess.
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