total

Meanings

Noun

• An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
• Sum.

Adjective

• Entire; relating to the whole of something.
• () Complete; absolute.
• () Defined on all possible inputs.

Verb

• To add up; to calculate the sum of.
• To equal a total of; to amount to.
• To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
• To amount to; to add up to.

Related

Similar words

• sum

Origin

• From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan 𐌕𐌏𐌖𐌕𐌏 ("community, city-state"), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 ("tribe"), Old English þēod ("a nation, people, tribe"), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ ("people"). More at English Dutch, English thede.