noun
definition
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
example
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
definition
Sum.
example
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
verb
definition
To add up; to calculate the sum of.
example
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
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To equal a total of; to amount to.
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That totals seven times so far.
definition
To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
example
Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
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To amount to; to add up to.
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It totals nearly a pound.
adjective
definition
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
example
The total book is rubbish from start to finish. The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
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(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
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He is a total failure.
Examples of total in a Sentence
He treated her with total respect.
Since then he had treated her with total respect.
It makes total sense, right?
I have total faith that you'll beat the socks off the creep.
What total fan girl doesn't want to be bitten by her idol.
It was total nonsense to even consider the million-to-one-shot coincidence that Byrne was somehow involved with the missing money but his mind wouldn't leave it alone.
In 1905 the total value of the factory products was $9 02, 75 8, 6 9.4% more than in 1900.
They were total opposites in many ways.
It's a total turn on.
The volume of air from which the ions have been extracted being known, a measure is obtained of the total charge on the ions, whether positive or negative.
The total value of all clay products in West Virginia was $3,261,736 in 1908.
The total area of the islands is 11,579 acres.
The tank should be of a size to hold not less than a twentieth part of the total amount of water held in the system.
It has more than one advantage over the meadow mushroom in its extreme commonness, its profuse growth, the length of the season in which it may be gathered, the total absence of varietal forms, its adaptability for being dried and preserved for years, and its persistent delicious taste.
He may veto a bill, or in case of an appropriation bill, the separate items, but this veto may be overridden by a simple majority of the total membership of each house.
The total number of revolutions is read off by a scale attached to the side of the box, but not seen in the figure.
The method of counting the total number of revolutions gives more friction and is less convenient than Repsolds', and no provision seems to be made for illuminating the micrometer head in the practical and convenient plan adopted by Repsolds.
The city has lumber and fishing interests (perch, whitefish, sturgeon, pickerel, bass, &c. being caught in Saginaw Bay), large machine shops and foundries (value of products in 1905, $ 1, 743, 1 55, or 31% of the total of the city's factory products), and various manufactures, including ships (wooden and steel), wooden ware, woodpipe, veneer, railroad machinery, cement, alkali and chicory.
In 1902 the total production of wheat in the island was 2,946,070 bushels, but in 1903 it rose to 4,823,800 bushels, in 1904 it fell to 4,015,020, and in 1905 rose again to 4,351,987 bushels, 81 of the whole production of Italy.
The total production in 1905 was 149,431 tons; the average price of salt for the island in 1905 was 22d.
The total exports of the province of Cagliari in 1905 attained a value of £1,388,735, of which £J50,023 was foreign trade, while the imports amounted to £1,085,514, of which £360,758 was foreign trade.
The total value of the factory product in 1905 was $4,951,964, an increase of 82.3% since 1900.
The "immediate object of theological knowledge is the faith of the community," and from this positive religious datum theology constructs a "total view of the world and human life."
Burton is the seat of an enormous brewing trade, representing nearly one-tenth of the total amount of this trade in the United Kingdom.
The total length of the river is estimated at 2860 m.
The total export of cereals in 1898 was valued at £70,800.
A third of the total area is covered with forests of pine and other trees, which have for the most part been made a forest-reserve by the national government.
There are collegiate institutes for more advanced education at Winnipeg, Brandon and Portage la Prairie, with a total of 1094 pupils enrolled.
Presbyterians of different churches in the United States in 1906 numbered 1,830,555; of this total 322,542 were in Pennsylvania, where there were 248,335 members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (the Northern Church), being more than one-fifth of its total membership; 56,587 members of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, being more than two-fifths of its total membership; 2709 members of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, three-tenths of its total membership; the entire membership of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States and Canada (440), 3150 members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, nearly one-fourth of its total membership; and 2065 members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, general synod, about five-ninths of its total membership. The strength of the Church in Pennsylvania is largely due to the Scotch-Irish settlements in that state.
The census of 1895 increased this total to 3,954,9 11, exclusive of wild Indians and a percentage for omissions customarily used in South American census returns.
The total value of the produce of fisheries increased from 4,537,000 in 1892 to f5,259,000 in 1902.
The coal fields, comprising a total area of 10,000 sq.
In 1905 the total capital inyested in manufacturing was $31,412,715 and the total product $39,666,118 (a gain of 13.7% since 1900).
Archimedes concluded from his measurements that the sun's diameter was greater than 27' and less than 32'; and even Tycho Brahe was so misled by his measures of the apparent diameters of the sun and moon as to conclude that a total eclipse of the sun was impossible.'
In 1900 the Birmingham district produced six-sevenths of the total pig iron exported from the United States, and in 1902 nine-tenths of Alabama's coal, coke and pig iron; in 1905 Jefferson county produced 67.5% of the total iron and steel product of the state, and 62.5% of the pig iron produced by the state.
The Falls of Princes alone comprises 7000 stanzas; and his authentic compositions reach the enormous total of 150,000 lines.
The Northern Church had a total membership of 1,179,566.
The Southern Church had a total membership of 266,345.
The United Presbyterian Church of North America had a total membership of 130,342.
The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church had a total membership of 1 3, 280.
Of this $11,271,708 was the value of collars and cuffs (89.5% of the value of the total American product), an industry which gave employment to 49.3% of the wage-earners in Troy, and paid 42.1% of the wages.
There are two piers enclosing a harbour with a total area of 48 acres, having a depth of about 16 ft.
The total value of the city's factory products in 1905 was $2,326,552.
The total for the years 1859-1904 was 3,166,073 and the departures 1,239,064, showing a net gain of 1,927,009.
The number of newspapers published is large, especially in Buenos Aires, where in 1902 the total, including sundry periodicals, was 183.
According to the census returns of 1895, the total mileage was 496 m., representing a capital expenditure of $84,044,581 paper.
In 1902 the total length of wires strung was 28,125 m.; in 1906 it had been increased to 34,080 m.
In 1898 the list comprised only 1416 sailing vessels of all classes, from Io tons up, with a total tonnage of 118,894 tons, and 222 steamships, of 36,323 tons.
In 1892 the number of live sheep shipped for foreign ports was 40,000; in 1898 the export reached a total of 577,813, which in 1901 fell off to 25,746.
The existing system of taxation also presses heavily upon the provinces, as may be seen from the fact that the national, provincial and municipal exactions together amount to £7 per head of population, while the total value of the exports in 1898 was only L6 in round numbers.