total
total Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Comprising the whole number, amount, or quantity; entire.
"The total cost of the home renovation exceeded our original budget by several thousand dollars."
Complete and absolute; unqualified or utter.
"The power outage left the underground station in total darkness for nearly an hour."
• noun
A whole number or amount obtained by adding several smaller numbers, quantities, or items together.
"After counting all the charitable donations, the treasurer announced a final total of ten thousand dollars."
• verb
To amount to a specified figure or number in sum.
"Annual exports from the agricultural sector totaled more than two billion dollars last year."
To calculate the sum or whole amount of a set of figures.
"The waiter quickly totaled the bill and brought it to our table."
North American To damage a motor vehicle or piece of property so severely that it cannot be repaired economically (informal).
"He skidded on a patch of black ice and totaled his car against a highway guardrail."
Word Nuance & Usage
In American English, the past and participle forms are usually spelled with a single 'l' ('totaled', 'totaling'), whereas British English doubles the consonant ('totalled', 'totalling').
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French 'total', which derives from Medieval Latin 'totalis' ('entire, complete'), from Latin 'totus' ('all, whole, entire').