total

to-tal · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (adjective) Comprising the whole number or amount.

  2. 2.

    (adjective) Complete; absolute.

  3. 3.

    (noun) The whole amount; the sum.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To amount to.

  5. 5.

    (verb, informal) To wreck completely.

Forms

plural: totals

Related words

Antonyms: incomplete, partial
See also: complete, sum, whole
Synonyms: complete, entire, full, whole

Etymology

From Old French "total," from Medieval Latin "totalis" meaning "entire, whole," from Latin "totus" (all, whole, entire). The word entered English in the 14th century.