total

total is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈtəʊ.təl/, SAMPA: /"t@U.t@l/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular total

Plural totals

1. (countable) A total is the final amount of something. It is a term used in math.

Verb

Plain form total

Third-person singular totals

Past tense totaled

Past participle totaled

Present participle totaling

Plain form total

Third-person singular totals

Past tense totalled

Past participle totalled

Present participle totalling

1. (transitive) If you total something, you add them up.
2. (intransitive) If something totals something, it adds up to that; it amounts to.

   The total of your purchase comes to $53.

3. (transitive) (slang) (US) If you total something, you destroy it; you wreck it.

Adjective

Positive total

Comparative none

Superlative none

Total is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. If something is total, it is complete; it is finished.

   He is a total failure

2. If something is total, it is entire.

   The total book was very bad.