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total |?t?tl|
adjective
1 [ attrib. ] comprising the whole number or amount: a total cost of $4,000.
2 complete; absolute: a total stranger | they drove home in total silence.
noun
the whole number or amount of something: he scored a total of thirty-three points | in total, 200 people were interviewed.
verb ( totals, totaling , totaled ; Brit. totals, totalling, totalled )
1 [ with obj. ] amount in number to: they were left with debts totaling $6,260.
• add up the full number or amount of: the scores were totaled.
2 [ with obj. ] informal damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck.
ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin totalis, from totum ‘the whole,’ neuter of Latin totus ‘whole, entire.’ The verb, at first in the sense ‘add up,’ dates from the late 16th cent.