# total

Pronunciation: say "TOH-tuhl" US /ˈtoʊ.tl̩/, UK /ˈtəʊ.tl̩/

## Adjective

1. Describing an amount, number, or extent that includes every part, so that it covers the whole; entire.
   - Simple: Counting every part of something, with nothing left out.
   - _The total population of the region exceeds two million._
   - _Her total income for the year came from several jobs._
3. Complete in degree; absolute.
   - Simple: Complete in every way, as much as something can be.
   - _The rescue plan ended in total failure._
   - _She felt a sense of total freedom on the open road._

## Noun

2. The whole amount or number reached by adding smaller amounts together; the sum.
   - Simple: The number or amount you get when you add everything together.
   - _The total for the project came in well under budget._
   - _After tax, the final total surprised the customer._

## Verb

4. To come to a particular amount when added together; to amount to.
   - Simple: To add up to a certain number or amount.
   - _Donations to the fund total nearly a million dollars._
   - _The team's wins totaled twelve by season's end._
5. To add up a set of numbers and calculate their sum.
   - Simple: To add numbers together to find their sum.
   - _Clerks total each column before submitting the report._
   - _He totaled the votes from all districts._
6. To damage something, especially a vehicle, so badly that it cannot be repaired or is not worth repairing. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: To damage a car or other thing so badly that it cannot be fixed or is not worth fixing.
   - _One bad skid on the ice can total an expensive car in seconds._
   - _She totaled her sedan against a guardrail last winter._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Of a function, defined for every possible input value.
- (adjective) Of an ordering, such that any two elements can be compared.
- (adjective) Of a relation, such that every element of the first set is related to at least one element of the second.

## Origin

This word came through Middle English and Old French from Medieval Latin tōtālis, built from tōtus ('all, whole, entire') plus -ālis. The root tōtus is of unknown origin, though it may be related to words for 'people' or 'tribe' in Oscan, Umbrian, and Old English, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ ('people').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/total (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).