Total
Total , adjective
[French, from Late Latin totalis, from Latin tolus all,whole. Compare Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.]
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
Total darkness.
To undergo myself the total crime.
Collocations (2)
Total abstinence , See Abstinence, n., 1.
Total , noun
The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Total , transitive verb
1.
To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloquial]
2.
to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill.
3.
To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss. [colloquial]