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total

noun
/ˈtəʊ.tl̩/UK/ˈtoʊ.tl̩/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from tōtālis
  2. derived from total
  3. inherited from total

Definitions

  1. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

    • A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.

  2. Sum.

    • The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

  3. Entire

    Entire; relating to the whole of something.

    • The total book is rubbish from start to finish.  The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
    • Each member brought a unique musical influence to the total sound.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Complete

      Complete; absolute.

      • He is a total failure.
      • Air waid! Wights out! Total bwackout!

    2. Defined on all possible inputs.

      • The Ackermann function is one of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.

    3. Left total

      Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.

    4. Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.

    5. To add up

      To add up; to calculate the sum of.

      • When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.

    6. To equal a total of

      To equal a total of; to amount to.

      • That totals seven times so far.

    7. To demolish

      To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

      • Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
      • He acted real funny / He hocked up a rock and / It totaled my car!
      • Smashed up against a car at 3 AM, / The kids dressed up for basketball beat me in my head, / There's bum trash in my hall, and my place is ripped, / I totaled another amp, I'm calling in sick.

    8. To amount to

      To amount to; to add up to.

      • It totals nearly a pound.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for total. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA