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Dictionary definition · total

noun

  1. the whole amount
  2. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

verb

  1. add up in number or quantity"The bills amounted to $2,000"
  2. determine the sum of"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
  3. damage beyond the point of repair"My son totaled our new car"

adjective

  1. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete"an entire town devastated by an earthquake"
  2. complete in extent or degree and in every particular"a full game"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).