total
to-tal · adjective
Definitions
adjective
- 1.
(adjective) Comprising the whole number or amount.
- 2.
(adjective) Complete; absolute.
- 3.
(noun) The whole amount; the sum.
- 4.
(verb) To amount to.
- 5.
(verb, informal) To wreck completely.
Forms
plural: totals
Related words
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.