total

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: sumtotalityaggregateamountnumberadd upcometottot upsum upsummatetote up

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the whole amountSynonyms: sumtotalityaggregate
  2. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbersSynonyms: sumamount

Verb (3)

  1. add up in number or quantity“The bills amounted to $2,000”“The bill came to $2,000”Synonyms: numberadd upcomeamount
  2. determine the sum of“Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”Synonyms: tottot upsumsum upsummatetote upaddadd togethertallyadd up
  3. damage beyond the point of repair“My son totaled our new car”“the rock star totals his guitar at every concert”

Adjective (2)

  1. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete“an entire town devastated by an earthquake”“gave full attention”“a total failure”Synonyms: entirefull
  2. complete in extent or degree and in every particular“a full game”“a total eclipse”“a total disaster”Synonyms: full
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Total \To"tal\, a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.] 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." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1.

Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole. [1913 Webster]

Total \To"tal\, n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions. [1913 Webster]
Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totaledor Totalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.]

1.To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill. [PJC]

3.To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss. [colloq.] [PJC]

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