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totality

to·tal·i·ty
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [toh-tal-i-tee]
    • /toʊˈtæl ɪ ti/
    • /təʊˈtæl.ə.ti/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [toh-tal-i-tee]
    • /toʊˈtæl ɪ ti/

Definitions of totality word

  • noun plural totality something that is total or constitutes a total; the total amount; a whole. 1
  • noun plural totality the state of being total; entirety. 1
  • noun plural totality Astronomy. total obscuration in an eclipse. 1
  • noun totality all of sth 1
  • uncountable noun totality The totality of something is the whole of it. 0
  • noun totality the whole amount 0
See all 11 definitions of totality

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Origin of totality

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; total + -ity

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Totality

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Totality

totality popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for totality

noun totality

  • absoluteness — the quality of being absolute
  • adequateness — the quality of being adequate
  • allness — the state of being comprehensive or all-embracing
  • alpha and omega — the first and last, a phrase used in Revelation 1:8 to signify God's eternity
  • alpha-omega — the beginning and the end. Rev. 1:8.

adj totality

  • 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.
  • bar none — You use bar none to add emphasis to a statement that someone or something is the best of their kind.
All 61 Synonyms of totality

Antonyms for totality

noun totality

  • foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
  • great deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
  • lot — lot (def 14).
  • moirai — Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
All 4 Antonyms of totality

Top questions with totality

  • what does totality mean?
  • what is the path of totality?
  • explain how the totality of circumstances test works in practice?

Related words

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    a West Germanic people who settled in the 4th century ad between the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube

  • allness

    the state of being comprehensive or all-embracing

  • coherence theory

    the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.

  • context of situation

    the totality of extralinguistic features having relevance to a communicative act.

  • experience

    Practical contact with and observation of facts or events.

  • industrial revolution

    (sometimes initial capital letters) the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
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