Meaning

2 senses
  1. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

    A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.

    Gesamtbetrag, Gesamtsumme

    ито́гitóg, су́ммаsúmma

    пі́дсумокpídsumok, су́маsúma

    a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

  2. (informal)Sum.

    The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

    Summe

    су́ммаsúmma

Examples

421 sentences
  1. You have our total support, Tom.

    Ти маєш нашу повну підтримку, Томе. — deniko

    deDu hast unsere volle Unterstützung, Tom. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. What is the total number of students?

    Яке загальне число студентів? — deniko

    ruКаково общее число учеников? — Hellerick

    deWie viele Schüler sind es insgesamt? — jakov

  3. We sat in total silence.

    Ми сиділи в повній тиші. — deniko

    ruМы сидели в полной тишине. — shanghainese

    deWir saßen in völliger Stille. — mayabe

  4. It's all total nonsense.

    Цілковита дурня. — bicolino34

    ruВсё это полнейшая чепуха. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Tom's car was totaled.

    Машина Тома розбилася вщент. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
amount:
Русский
By meaning 1
amount:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
amount:
sum:

Origin

From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus

From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.

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Forms

plural: totals
Singulartotal
Pluraltotals

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
sum:sumA1
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsuccessor

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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