Definition of Total

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

Exact synonyms: Entire, Full
Similar to: Whole
Derivative terms: Entireness, Totality

2. Verb. Add up in number or quantity. "The bill came to $2,000"
Exact synonyms: Add Up, Amount, Come, Number
Specialized synonyms: Work Out, Outnumber, Average, Average Out, Make
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Amount, Amount, Number, Number, Number

3. Noun. The whole amount.
Exact synonyms: Aggregate, Sum, Totality
Generic synonyms: Unit, Whole
Derivative terms: Aggregate, Aggregate, Aggregate, Sum, Summate

4. Adjective. Complete in extent or degree and in every particular. "A total disaster"
Exact synonyms: Full
Similar to: Complete
Derivative terms: Fullness

5. Verb. Determine the sum of. "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
Exact synonyms: Add, Add Together, Add Up, Sum, Sum Up, Summate, Tally, Tot, Tot Up, Tote Up
Related verbs: Add, Add Together
Generic synonyms: Count, Enumerate, Number, Numerate
Derivative terms: Addable, Adder, Addible, Addition, Additive, Additive, Sum, Sum, Sum, Summation, Sum, Sum, Sum, Tally

6. Noun. A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers.
Exact synonyms: Amount, Sum
Generic synonyms: Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Grand Total, Subtotal
Derivative terms: Amount, Sum, Summate

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

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

tosylamides
tosylarginine methyl ester
tosylarginine methyl ester hydrolase
tosylate
tosylates
tosylation
tosylimine
tosylimines
tosyllysine chloromethyl ketone
tosylphenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone
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

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