noun
total
TOH-tl
noun
1
The full amount reached by adding everything together.
"The total came to just over two hundred dollars."
adj
1
Complete or entire; including everything.
"The project was a total success."
"There was total silence in the room."
verb
1
To add up to a particular amount.
"Expenses totalled nearly ten thousand dollars for the trip."
2
Informal: to wreck a vehicle so badly it isn't worth repairing.
"He totalled his car after skidding on the ice."
How to Use Total
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe whole amount, or (as an adjective) complete and absolute; informally, to "total" a car means to wreck it completely.
Common pairings
grand total
total amount
totalled the car
Word Forms
more total comparative, totaled past tense, totalled past tense, totals plural, totals singular, most total superlative
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Etymology
From Old French total, from Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin totus, "all, whole, entire."