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- [toht-l]
- /ˈtoʊt l/
- /ˈtəʊtl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [toht-l]
- /ˈtoʊt l/
Definitions of total word
- adjective total constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure. 1
- adjective total of or relating to the whole of something: the total effect of a play. 1
- adjective total complete in extent or degree; absolute; unqualified; utter: a total failure. 1
- adjective total involving all aspects, elements, participants, resources, etc.; unqualified; all-out: total war. 1
- noun total the total amount; sum; aggregate: a total of $200. 1
- noun total the whole; an entirety: the impressive total of Mozart's achievement. 1
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Origin of total
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin tōtālis, equivalent to Latin tōt(us) entire + -ālis -al1
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Parts of speech for Total
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
total popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
total usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for total
adj total
- absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- across-the-board — applying to all employees, members, groups, or categories; general: The across-the-board pay increase means a raise for all employees.
- alive and kicking — If you say that someone or something is alive and kicking, you are emphasizing not only that they continue to survive, but also that they are very active.
- all — You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.
noun total
- absoluteness — the quality of being absolute
- accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- all in all — You use all in all to introduce a summary or general statement.
- all that — You use all that in statements with negative meaning when you want to weaken the force of what you are saying.
- allness — the state of being comprehensive or all-embracing
verb total
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- accounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- actioned — Simple past tense and past participle of action.
- add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- add — ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
adjective total
- arrant — Arrant is used to emphasize that something or someone is very bad in some way.
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- dead — A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.
- embracive — (archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
- entire — An uncastrated male horse.
Antonyms for total
adj total
- bitty — If you say that something is bitty, you mean that it seems to be formed from a lot of different parts which you think do not fit together or go together well.
- colored — Something that is colored a particular color is that color.
- compartmental — divided into compartments: a compartmental office; a compartmental agency.
- fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- fractional — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
noun total
- combo — A combo is a small group of musicians who play jazz, dance, or popular music.
- divider — a person or thing that divides.
- dividers — a person or thing that divides.
- division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- divisiveness — forming or expressing division or distribution.
adjective total
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- compartmented — Divided into compartments.
- half — one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder.
- quasi — resembling; seeming; virtual: a quasi member.
verb total
- disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
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