1.  total(n = noun.artifact) aggregate, sum, totality - the whole amount;
is a kind of unit, whole
Derived forms verb total₂, verb total₁

2.  total(n = noun.cognition) amount, sum - a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers;
is a kind of quantity
has particulars: grand total, subtotal
Derived forms verb total₂, verb total₁

1.  total(v = verb.stative) add up, amount, come, number - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
is one way to be
Derived forms noun total₁, noun total₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

2.  total(v = verb.communication) add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, tote up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
is one way to count, enumerate, number, numerate
Derived forms noun total₁, noun total₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

3.  total(v = verb.change) - damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"
is one way to damage
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  total(s = adj.all) entire, full - constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"
Derived form noun totality₂

2.  total(s = adj.all) full - complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"

   Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. Milton. [1913 Webster]

   The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions. [1913 Webster]

1.  To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.  to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill. [PJC]

3.  To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss. [PJC]

total, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 complete, comprising the whole (the total number of people).
2 absolute, unqualified (in total ignorance; total abstinence).
--n. a total number or amount.
--v. (totalled, totalling; US totaled, totaling)
1 tr. a amount in number to (they totalled 131). b find the total of (things, a set of figures, etc.).
2 intr. (foll. by to, up to) amount to, mount up to.
3 tr. US sl. wreck completely.

Idiom:
total abstinence abstaining completely from alcohol. total eclipse an eclipse in which the whole disc (of the sun, moon, etc.) is obscured. total internal reflection reflection without refraction of a light-ray meeting the interface between two media at more than a certain critical angle to the normal. total recall the ability to remember every detail of one's experience clearly. total war a war in which all available weapons and resources are employed.

Derivative:
totally adv.

Etymology:
ME f. OF f. med.L totalis f. totus entire

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grand total, sum total, total aphasia, total darkness, total depravity, total eclipse, total heat, total hysterectomy, total loss, total parenteral nutrition