total
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
Noun 2 meanings
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
“A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.”
Sum.
“The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.”
Adjective 4 meanings
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.”
Complete; absolute.
“He is a total failure.”
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.”
Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.
Verb 3 meanings
To add up; to calculate the sum of.
“When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.”
To equal a total of; to amount to.
“That totals seven times so far.”
To amount to; to add up to.
“It totals nearly a pound.”
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.
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TOTAL at a glance
TOTAL has 5 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + T 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #596 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with total
All rhymesOne letter away
- TONAL5
- DOTAL6
- NOTAL5
- ROTAL5
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