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- 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."
- 2 Complete; absolute.
"He is a total failure."
- 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. broadly
- 5 Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.
- 1 constituting the full quantity or extent; complete wordnet
- 2 complete in extent or degree and in every particular wordnet
- 1 An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
"A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall."
- 2 the whole amount wordnet
- 3 Sum. informal
"The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15."
- 4 a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers wordnet
- 1 To add up; to calculate the sum of. transitive
"When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure."
- 2 damage beyond the point of repair wordnet
- 3 To equal a total of; to amount to.
"That totals seven times so far."
- 4 determine the sum of wordnet
- 5 To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss) US, slang, transitive
"Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car."
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- 6 add up in number or quantity wordnet
- 7 To amount to; to add up to. intransitive
"It totals nearly a pound."
Etymology
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.
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.
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.
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