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  1. noun An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
  2. noun A whole quantity; an entirety.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, or constituting the whole; entire. See Synonyms at whole.
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  • I don't look at the teams names and I don't know much about basketball, I just noticed that a very important factor for the total is the pace of the game.
  • I logged on this morning and the total was at exactly $100,000!!! —  Damn Hell Ass Kings
  • No Tide back has rushed for more yards in Bryant-Denny Stadium in history, and his total is the third highest in Bama history. —  theadvertiser.com -
  • CDC will update their numbers later today and this total will be above the 88. —  LJWorld.com stories: News
  • We just piled another 1.4 trillion dollars on them last year, our total is at almost —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
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complete ·  actual ·  absolute ·  additional ·  maximum

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total:   totalled ·  totalling ·  totals
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, whole, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from Latin tōtus; see teutā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English totall, from Old French (and F.) total =Spanish Portuguese total =Italian totale =G. total, from Middle Latin totalis, entire, total (summa totalis, the sum total, the whole amount), from Latin totus, whole, entire.
  2. from total, n.
 

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