Complete Definition of "total"

English

Etymology
L. totus

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-total.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��t�l|-��t�l

Noun
en-noun

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

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

  1. informal mathematics sum|Sum.

#:The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

Synonyms
(sum): sum

Translations
trans-top|amount
Arabic: ARchar|�ج��ع unicode|(majmú:�) m
Catalan: total#Catalan|total m
Chinese: 總�, �计 (z�ngjì)
Dutch: totaal n
Finnish: summa, määrä
French: total#French|total m
German: Gesamtbetrag m, Gesamtsumme f
Hungarian: végösszeg
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Italian: totale m
Japanese: �� (����, s�kei)
Korean: �� (hapgye)
Portuguese: total#Portuguese|total m
Russian: и�ог (itóg) m
Spanish: total#Spanish|total m
Swedish: summa
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trans-top|sum
Arabic: ARchar|�ج��ع unicode|(majmú:�) m
Catalan: suma f
Chinese: 總�, �� (z�ngshù)
Dutch: totaal n, som f
Finnish: summa
French: somme f
German: Summe f
Hungarian: összeg
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Ido: sumo
Italian: somma f
Japanese: �� (����, s�gaku)
Korean: �� (hapgye)
Portuguese: soma f
Russian: ��мма (súmma) f
Spanish: suma f
Swedish: summa
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Adjective
total

  1. not comparable entire; relating to the whole of something

#:The total book is rubbish from start to finish.

  1. not comparable complete

#:He is a total failure.

Synonyms
(entire): entire, full, whole
(complete): absolute, complete, utter

Translations
trans-top|entire
Dutch: totaal, totale, geheel, gehele
Finnish: koko
German: ganz
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Hungarian: összes
Spanish: #Spanish|total
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trans-top|complete
Dutch: compleet, complete, volledig, volledige, geheel, gehele
Finnish: täydellinen, täysi, totaalinen
German: komplett
trans-mid
Hungarian: teljes
Spanish: #Spanish|total
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Verb
en-verb|totals|totalling in British English, totaling in American English|totalled in British English, totaled in American English

  1. transitive To add up; to calculate the sum of.

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

  1. To equal a total of; to amount to.

#:That totals seven times so far.

  1. transitive (US slang) to demolish; to wreck completely.

#:Honey, I�m OK, but I�ve totaled the car.

  1. intransitive To amount to; to add up to.

#:It totals nearly a pound.

Synonyms
(add up): add up, sum
(demolish): demolish, trash, wreck

Translations
trans-top|to add up
Dutch: bijeentellen, optellen
Finnish: laskea yhteen, summata
French: totaliser
German: aufaddieren, zusammenaddieren, zusammennehmen
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trans-top|to equal after calculation
Dutch: uitkomen op, gelijk zijn aan
Finnish: olla, tehdä
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slang: to demolish

Dutch: in de prak rijden
Finnish: tuhota
German: schrotten
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trans-top|(intransitive) to amount to
Dutch: uitkomen op, gelijk zijn aan
Finnish: olla (yhteensä), tehdä
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French

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-total.ogg|Audio (US)

IPA|/t�.tal/
SAMPA|/tO.tal/

Adjective
fr-infl-adj|smtotal|sftotale|pmtotaux|pftotales|smpt�.tal|sfpt�.tal|pmpt�.t�|pfpt�.tal
total (f totale, m plural totaux, f plural totales)

  1. <!--DefI--> total
  2. <!--DefJ--> perfect

Antonyms
<!--DefI-->total
partiel

Noun
total

  1. total

Related terms
totalement
totaliser
totalitaire
totalité
tout


Spanish

Adjective
es-adj|femininetotal|masculine pluraltotales|feminine plural=totales

  1. #English|total, complete

See also
todo

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