Meaning Of The Word Total

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The total number or cost of something is the number or cost that you get when you add together or count all the parts in it.
You can use total to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
countable noun: A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group.
verb: If several numbers or things total a certain figure, that figure is the total of all the numbers or all the things.
verb: When you total a set of numbers or objects, you add them all together.

total in American English
constituting the (or a) whole; entire; whole
adjective: constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole
intransitive verb: to amount
noun: the total amount; sum; aggregate
transitive verb: to bring to a total; add up

total in British English
adjective: complete; absolute
noun: the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts
verb: to amount

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