Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
- noun The whole amount of something; the entirety.
- adjective Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire: synonym: whole.
- adjective Complete; utter; absolute.
- intransitive verb To determine the total of; add up.
- intransitive verb To equal a total of; amount to.
- intransitive verb To wreck completely; demolish.
- intransitive verb To add up; amount.
- idiom (in total) All together; entirely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring to a total; accumulate; sum; add: sometimes with up.
- To reach a total of; amount to.
- Pertaining to or constituting a whole or the whole; being or taken together; undivided.
- Comprising the whole; lacking no member or part; complete; entire.
- Complete in degree; absolute; unqualified; utter: as, a total change; total darkness.
- Summary; concise; curt.
- Syn. 1–3. Whole, Entire, etc. See
complete . - noun The whole; the whole sum or amount; an aggregate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The whole; the whole sum or amount.
- adjective Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute
- adjective See
Abstinence , n., 1. - adjective (Theol.) See Original sin, under
Original . - transitive verb colloq. To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.
- transitive verb to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up.
- transitive verb colloq. To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident. From total loss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
amount obtained by theaddition ofsmaller amounts. - noun informal, mathematics
Sum . - adjective
Entire ; relating to thewhole ofsomething . - adjective used as an intensifier
Complete ;absolute . - verb transitive To
add up ; tocalculate thesum of. - verb To
equal a total of; to amount to. - verb transitive, US, slang to
demolish ; towreck completely . (fromtotal loss ) - verb intransitive To amount to; to add up to.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective complete in extent or degree and in every particular
- verb add up in number or quantity
- verb determine the sum of
- noun a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
- noun the whole amount
- adjective constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
- verb damage beyond the point of repair
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For the purpose of determining the total quantity of sulphur which the plants contain in their natural state, it is necessary to oxidise them by means of nitric acid; and from such experiments the following table, showing the _total_ amount of sulphur contained in 100 parts of different plants, dried at 212°, has been constructed: --
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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Here and there a brief remark was appended to a date, usually no more than a single word: double occurring perhaps six times in a total of several hundred entries; and once very early in the list and followed by several marks of exclamation, total failure!!!
Dr 1921
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For example: volatile int total; mutex_lock (); total+ = 5; mutex_unlock ();
Sun Bloggers 2009
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What this means for the solar, fuel cell, and other alternative energy players is that in order for them to be economically viable, is not only do they have to be competitive on a total cost basis, alternative energy companies '* total* costs have to be competitive with fossil fuel companies'
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i have a family member that is a Teamster…… his entire family received/receives total healthcare benefits…..total dental, medical, hospitalization .
Obama’s Healthcare Deception — It’s Just a Giant Power Grab - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009
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A protracted conflict, deserving in certain ways the label total war, it produced a global struggle between two powerful coalitions.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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A protracted conflict, deserving in certain ways the label total war, it produced a global struggle between two powerful coalitions.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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The Redskins reached the midway point of their first season under Mike Shanahan at 4-4 - matching their win total from a year ago but knowing they might have won each of the games they lost.
Redskins at the bye week: the defense Jason Reid 2010
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The Redskins reached the midway point of their first season under Mike Shanahan at 4-4 - matching their win total from a year ago but knowing they might have won each of the games they lost.
Redskins at the bye week: the defense Jason Reid 2010
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The funds considered in this category follow indexes that include developed market and emerging market securities, thus the term total international market.
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