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Definition of Total

1. Adjective. Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete. "A total failure"

2. Verb. Add up in number or quantity. "The bill came to $2,000"

3. Noun. The whole amount.

4. Adjective. Complete in extent or degree and in every particular. "A total disaster"

5. Verb. Determine the sum of. "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

6. Noun. A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers.

7. Verb. Damage beyond the point of repair. "The rock star totals his guitar at every concert"

Definition of Total

1. a. Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.

2. n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.

3. v. t. To bring to a total; to add; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.

Definition of Total

1. Noun. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. ¹

2. Noun. (informal mathematics) Sum. ¹

3. Adjective. Entire; relating to the whole of something. ¹

4. Adjective. (non-gloss definition used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of. ¹

6. Verb. To equal a total of; to amount to. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive US slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss) ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To amount to; to add up to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Total

1. to ascertain the entire amount of [v -TALED, -TALING, -TALS or -TALLED, -TALLING, -TALS]

Medical Definition of Total

1. Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." Total abstinence. See Abstinence. Total depravity. See Original sin, under Original. Synonym: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole. Origin: F, fr. LL. Totalis, fr. L. Tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Total

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tosyls tot tot up tota totable total (current term) total-order total anomalous pulmonary venous return total aphasia total ascertainment

total body hypothermia total body irradiation total body water total breech extraction total cataract total catecholamine test total cell count total cholesterol total clearance total clearances

Literary usage of Total

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by New Hampshire Railroad Commissioners (1908)
"Length of main line in New Hampshire 124.28 446.52 total length of main line Length ... total length of line owned Length of second track in New Hampshire . ..."

2. Annual Report by Iowa Highway Commission (1915)
"total Cost Per Cent of total Expenditure Permanent bridges 711 ... Completed— total number built 144 total eost $ 27000.00 Engineering:. ..."

3. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"This makes a total of 57100 barrels of tar and 4000 barrels of pitch, ... The total amount and value of the naval store products shipped from North Carolina ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... way the lines are in pairs, so that the total Company was the first to undertake the trans- mately 760000 barrels. This is dead capital, Philadelphia. ..."

5. Oecd Economic Surveys: Mexico (2005)
"Although total spending on primary and secondary education increased by 36% in real terms between 1995 and 2001 and total spending per student increased by ..."

6. Biennial Report by West Virginia State Dept. of Education (1896)
"total number of females enrolled, 1896 3718 total number of females enrolled, 1895 3871 Decrease ... 7230 total number of males and females enrolled, 1895 . ..."

7. Annual Report by Ohio Tax Commission (1913)
"Woman's Club House Association Company, annual fee for 1911. amounting to $10,00, and minimum penalty of $5,00, total $15,00, compromised for $15,00, ..."

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