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TOTAL
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Irregular inflected forms: totalled , totalling
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The whole amount
Synonyms:
aggregate; sum; total; totality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("total" is a kind of...):
unit; whole (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
Derivation:
total (determine the sum of)
total (add up in number or quantity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
Synonyms:
amount; sum; total
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("total" is a kind of...):
quantity (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "total"):
grand total (the sum of the sums of several groups of numbers)
subtotal (the sum of part of a group of numbers)
Derivation:
total (determine the sum of)
total (add up in number or quantity)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
Example:
a total failure
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)
Derivation:
totality (the quality of being complete and indiscriminate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular
Example:
a total disaster
Synonyms:
full; total
Classified under:
Similar:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they total ... he / she / it totals
Past simple: totaled /totalled
Past participle: totaled /totalled
Sense 1
Meaning:
Damage beyond the point of repair
Example:
the rock star totals his guitar at every concert
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "total" is one way to...):
damage (inflict damage upon)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Determine the sum of
Example:
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
Synonyms:
add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "total" is one way to...):
count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)
Verb group:
add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
total (the whole amount)
total (a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Add up in number or quantity
Example:
The bill came to $2,000
Synonyms:
add up; amount; come; number; total
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "total" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "total"):
work out (be calculated)
outnumber (be larger in number)
average; average out (amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain)
make (add up to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
total (the whole amount)
total (a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers)
Context examples:
Dead zones are a major water quality issue with an estimated total of more than 550 occurring annually worldwide.
(2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone ‘above average’, NOAA)
Adding them together gave a total—of a sort.
(Researchers Estimate Mass of Milky Way to Be 3.9 Tredecillion Pounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Being or representing the total number of individual entities.
(ALL, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
That was her total knowledge on the subject.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The determination of the ratio of the monocytoid cells compared to total cells present in a sample.
(Monocytoid Cell to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the ratio of megakaryoblasts compared to total cells present in a sample.
(Megakaryoblast to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the monocytoid cells to total cells in a biological specimen.
(Monocytoid Cell to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
She remembered too, her own surprise at the time, at his mentioning nothing farther of those friends, at his total silence with respect even to their names.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Total amounts is twelve thousand pound.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Muraglitazar causes an increase in HDL-C levels, and a decrease in total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, triglycerides and HbA1c.
(Muraglitazar, NCI Thesaurus)
