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
Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
This year Nadella’s total compensation rocketed to more than $79 million, with his base salary staying at $2.5 million.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
The trail is about 9 kilometers in total and should take around 2 hours to complete.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
She was ordered to pay fines and restitution totaling $101,141 and was sentenced to 48 months’ probation, court records show.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 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
Hezbollah has issued manifestos and open letters since its early years declaring Israel a vanguard of U.S. imperialism and calling for the total destruction of the Jewish state.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
This year Nadella’s total compensation rocketed to more than $79 million, with his base salary staying at $2.5 million.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
The total excludes gotaways, those who illegally entered and evaded capture, those released into the country through the CBP One App and other parole programs Mayorkas created, and the tens of thousands of Haitians and Cubans repatriated by the U.S. Coast Guard, The Center Square reported.
—Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
The trail is about 9 kilometers in total and should take around 2 hours to complete.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Verb
Of the 574 tax returns that were able to get through the system, fraudsters obtained refunds totaling more than $47 million (that works out to over $81,000 per return).
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
She was ordered to pay fines and restitution totaling $101,141 and was sentenced to 48 months’ probation, court records show.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 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 4 Nov. 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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