total

Entire; relating to the whole of something.

Adjective

  1. 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.
    • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the...
    • Each member brought a unique musical influence to the total sound. - 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 145:
  2. Complete; absolute.
    • He is a total failure.
    • Air waid! Wights out! Total bwackout! - 1942 November 21, A Tale of Two Kitties, spoken by Tweety:
  3. 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.
  4. Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.
  5. Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.

    Hyponyms: connected complete strongly connected

Origin

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.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.

Forms

more total most total totall

Synonyms

entire full whole absolute complete utter abject frightful arrant categoric categorical consummate decided downright full-blown full-bore full-on mere outright out-and-out perfect precious proper pure

Antonyms

attenuated conditional depleted half-assed half-baked hollowed out incomplete limited mitigated nontotal partial relative reserved

Related

completely entire entirety intact damned the dickens :Category:English intensifiers

Noun

  1. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
    • A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
  2. Sum.
    • The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

Forms

totals totall

Synonyms

sum

Related

successor + = + +... = − = × = × ×... = ÷ = Or sometimes = √ = log(base) =

Verb

  1. To add up; to calculate the sum of.
    • When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.

    Synonyms: sum

  2. To equal a total of; to amount to.
    • That totals seven times so far.

    Synonyms: make

  3. To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
    • Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
    • He acted real funny / He hocked up a rock and / It totaled my car! - 1972, Frank Zappa, “Billy the Mountain”:
    • Smashed up against a car at 3 AM, / The kids dressed up for basketball beat me in my head, / There's bum trash in my hall, and my place is ripped, / I totaled another amp, I'm calling in sick. - 1988, “Hyperstation”, in...

    Synonyms: demolish trash wreck

  4. To amount to; to add up to.
    • It totals nearly a pound.

Forms

totals totaling totalling totaled totalled totall

Derived

grand total in total left total nontotal posttotal retotal right total subtotal sum-total sum total supertotal supratotal total allergy syndrome total base number total bases total body day total clearance total conversion total conversion mod total depravity total digestible nutrients total eclipse total-etch total football