totaled or totalled; totaling or totalling
Synonyms
Adjective
- absolute
- all-out
- arrant
- blank
- blooming [chiefly British]
- bodacious [Southern & Midland]
- categorical
- categoric
- clean
- complete
- consummate
- crashing
- damn
- damned
- dead
- deadly
- definite
- downright
- dreadful
- fair
- flat
- flat-out
- out-and-out
- outright
- perfect
- plumb
- profound
- pure
- rank
- regular
- sheer
- simple
- stark
- stone
- straight-out
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- unadulterated
- unalloyed
- unconditional
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- utter
- very
Noun
Verb
Examples of total in a Sentence
Adjective
a total lack of support
a total eclipse of the sun
He demanded total control of the project.
What was the total amount of the bill?
the total number of words
The country has a total population of about 100 million.
Noun
a total of 25 square miles
that's the total for our wheat harvest this year
Verb
He carefully totaled the bill.
two and two total four
Recent Examples on the Web
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024
This was the 10th total win for the defending champion.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
Horizon: An American Saga details a 15-year time span of expanding to the Old West before and after the Civil War, and is intended to have four movies in total.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 July 2024
Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
Multiple media reports indicate the new money, which would make the couple the team’s controlling shareholders, would total around $50 million on top of the team’s current valuation of $250 million.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 July 2024
Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2022
Phiaton rates the buds as offering 11 hours if continuous use, and up to 28 hours total with the charging case.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 22 Dec. 2022
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Adjective
Panda Express, 970 N. Congress Ave., Unincorporated Palm Beach: Complaint inspection, three total violations, two High Priority violations.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024
This was the 10th total win for the defending champion.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
Noun
That fell one shy of the winning total from the men's 10-minute Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island where Chestnut was banned this year.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
Horizon: An American Saga details a 15-year time span of expanding to the Old West before and after the Civil War, and is intended to have four movies in total.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 July 2024
Verb
The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Badger totaled 135 catches for 1,579 yards and 10 touchdowns the past two seasons.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
Multiple media reports indicate the new money, which would make the couple the team’s controlling shareholders, would total around $50 million on top of the team’s current valuation of $250 million.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 July 2024
Adverb
Dunning upped his innings pitched total from 117 in 2021 to 153, which was the biggest marker of progress for him on the season.
—Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2022
Phiaton rates the buds as offering 11 hours if continuous use, and up to 28 hours total with the charging case.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 22 Dec. 2022
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“Total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/total. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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total
1 of 3 adjective
to·tal
ˈtōt-ᵊl 
1
: of or relating to the whole of something
a total eclipse of the sun
2
: making up the whole
the total amount
3
: being such to the fullest degree
total ruin
4
: making use of every means to do something
total war
total
2 of 3 noun1
: a product of addition : sum
2
: an entire amount
total
3 of 3 verb
totaled or totalled; totaling or totalling
1
2
: to amount to
donations totaled $120
3
: to make a total wreck of
totaled the car
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