Total
adjective
Entire, whole, with nothing left out.
The total cost of the project was five million dollars.
Often appears as...
- total amount
- total cost
verb
To add up numbers or amounts.
The receipts totaled two hundred dollars.
Often appears as...
- total up
- total cost
noun
The complete amount of something, when everything is counted or added together.
The total for our shopping came to fifty dollars.
Often appears as...
- grand total
- total amount
verb
To completely wreck or ruin, especially used for cars.
He totaled his car in the accident.
Often appears as...
- total a car
- total destruction
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Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Entire, whole, with nothing left out.
The total cost of the project was five million dollars.
Often appears as...
- total amount
- total cost
verb
To add up numbers or amounts.
The receipts totaled two hundred dollars.
Often appears as...
- total up
- total cost
noun
The complete amount of something, when everything is counted or added together.
The total for our shopping came to fifty dollars.
Often appears as...
- grand total
- total amount
verb
To completely wreck or ruin, especially used for cars.
He totaled his car in the accident.
Often appears as...
- total a car
- total destruction
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Comprehensive Meaning
Use 'total' to express that everything is included or considered.
The total effect of the new law was beneficial to everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasis on Completeness
'Total' emphasizes that no parts are excluded; it's all-encompassing.
Please ensure the total accuracy of this report.
Pro Tip 3/3Quantitative Expressions
'Total' is often matched with amounts or figures to indicate entirety.
Her total earnings this month are impressive.
Pro Tip 1/3Comprehensive Meaning
Use 'total' to express that everything is included or considered.
The total effect of the new law was beneficial to everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasis on Completeness
'Total' emphasizes that no parts are excluded; it's all-encompassing.
Please ensure the total accuracy of this report.
Pro Tip 3/3Quantitative Expressions
'Total' is often matched with amounts or figures to indicate entirety.
Her total earnings this month are impressive.
Pro Tip 1/3Comprehensive Meaning
Use 'total' to express that everything is included or considered.
The total effect of the new law was beneficial to everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasis on Completeness
'Total' emphasizes that no parts are excluded; it's all-encompassing.
Please ensure the total accuracy of this report.
Pro Tip 3/3Quantitative Expressions
'Total' is often matched with amounts or figures to indicate entirety.
Her total earnings this month are impressive.
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How to read music - Tim...
one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four, and so on. But like I said before, if we just stick to the beat, it gets kind of boring, so we'll replace some quarter notes with different rhythms. Notice that even though the number of notes in each bar has changed, the total number of beats in each bar hasn't.
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What happens to our...
comes with a high cost. As for the question of running out of space, the issue isn't so much about total land in the world as it is that large populations cluster together within cities. Most of the big cities in the world may run out of suitable burial grounds within a century.
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The hidden meanings of...
yin and yang are not total opposites, they are relative to each other. Taoists believe that the universe is made up of energies, vibrations, and matter, which behave differently in different contexts. Something can be yin or yang depending on, well, depending on lots of things.
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Why should you read...
"It is not a novel. Still less an epic poem. Still less a historical chronicle. 'War and Peace' is what the author wanted and was able to express in the form in which it was expressed." It is, in other words, the sum total of Tolstoy's imaginative powers, and nothing less.
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Questions No One Knows...
their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles, you'd still be at a tiny fraction of the total, namely, one trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillionth.
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Can you solve the temple...
while the other six will always tell the truth. When each group returns to the hall, all of its members will either give the same report or argue about whether they found the exit. If a trio returns in total agreement, then you know none of them are lying.
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Why the buildings of the...
We throw out historical symbols, we rely on new, computer-aided design techniques, and we come up with new compositions, forms crashing into forms. This is academic and heady stuff, it's super unpopular, we totally alienate you.
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How to deal with...
way to find balance detaching from gaslighting does not mean total detachment it means distinguishing between the world of the gas lighter and the real world so you can let people have their
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The Harp Seal's Race...
This beautiful little animal, hello, is a harp seal pup. It was born here on the ice about four or five days ago judging by its size. It is totally helpless without mom right now.
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Just How BIG are...
But for these female elephant seals there's still one part of their life where they're totally bound to the land. They come here to give birth. All right. And to find a man.
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How to read music - Tim...
one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four, and so on. But like I said before, if we just stick to the beat, it gets kind of boring, so we'll replace some quarter notes with different rhythms. Notice that even though the number of notes in each bar has changed, the total number of beats in each bar hasn't.
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What happens to our...
comes with a high cost. As for the question of running out of space, the issue isn't so much about total land in the world as it is that large populations cluster together within cities. Most of the big cities in the world may run out of suitable burial grounds within a century.
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The hidden meanings of...
yin and yang are not total opposites, they are relative to each other. Taoists believe that the universe is made up of energies, vibrations, and matter, which behave differently in different contexts. Something can be yin or yang depending on, well, depending on lots of things.
Video examples
Why should you read...
"It is not a novel. Still less an epic poem. Still less a historical chronicle. 'War and Peace' is what the author wanted and was able to express in the form in which it was expressed." It is, in other words, the sum total of Tolstoy's imaginative powers, and nothing less.
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Questions No One Knows...
their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles, you'd still be at a tiny fraction of the total, namely, one trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillionth.
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Can you solve the temple...
while the other six will always tell the truth. When each group returns to the hall, all of its members will either give the same report or argue about whether they found the exit. If a trio returns in total agreement, then you know none of them are lying.
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Why the buildings of the...
We throw out historical symbols, we rely on new, computer-aided design techniques, and we come up with new compositions, forms crashing into forms. This is academic and heady stuff, it's super unpopular, we totally alienate you.
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How to deal with...
way to find balance detaching from gaslighting does not mean total detachment it means distinguishing between the world of the gas lighter and the real world so you can let people have their
Video examples
The Harp Seal's Race...
This beautiful little animal, hello, is a harp seal pup. It was born here on the ice about four or five days ago judging by its size. It is totally helpless without mom right now.
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Just How BIG are...
But for these female elephant seals there's still one part of their life where they're totally bound to the land. They come here to give birth. All right. And to find a man.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
It's impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.
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Sergio Ramos
Spanish Athlete
There are no words to describe the Clasico. It is totally different and the most important game in the world.
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Sarah Parish
English Actress
I don't think anyone's life is totally wonderful, however it looks from outside.
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Omar Sharif
Egyptian Actor
I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost.
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Paul Prudhomme
American Chef
What I think and what the world thinks is totally different.
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Jenny McCarthy
American Model
You totally value and respect your body as you get older.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
It's impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.
Quote examples
John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.
Quote examples
Sergio Ramos
Spanish Athlete
There are no words to describe the Clasico. It is totally different and the most important game in the world.
Quote examples
Sarah Parish
English Actress
I don't think anyone's life is totally wonderful, however it looks from outside.
Quote examples
Omar Sharif
Egyptian Actor
I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost.
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Paul Prudhomme
American Chef
What I think and what the world thinks is totally different.
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Jenny McCarthy
American Model
You totally value and respect your body as you get older.
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