Total

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈtəʊ.tÉ™l/
• US enPR: tōʹtl, IPA: /ˈtoÊŠ.tÉ™l/, tÊ°oʊ̯ɾɫ
• Rhymes: -əʊtÉ™l

Alternative forms

• totall obsolete

Origin

From Middle English total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus ("all, whole, entire"), of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan 𐌕𐌏𐌖𐌕𐌏 (touto, "community, city-state"), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, "tribe", acc..), Old English þēod ("a nation, people, tribe"), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ ("people"). More at thede, Dutch.

Full definition of total

Noun

1. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
2. (informal, mathematics) Sum.The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

Synonyms

• (sum) sum

Derived terms

• subtotal

Adjective

1. Entire; relating to the whole of something.
• 2013-08-03, Boundary problems, 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.
2. The total book is rubbish from start to finish.   The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
3. used as an intensifier Complete; absolute.
   He is a total failure.

Synonyms

• (entire) entire, full, whole
• (complete) absolute, complete, utter; see also

Derived terms

• total war

Verb

1. (transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
2. To equal a total of; to amount to.That totals seven times so far.
3. (transitive, US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
4. (intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.It totals nearly a pound.

Synonyms

• (add up) add up, sum
• (demolish) demolish, trash, wreck

Anagrams

• lotta