"total" meaning in English

See total in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtəʊ.təl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-total.ogg [US] Forms: total [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is total, it is complete; it is finished.
    Sense id: simple-total-en-adj-6LTWrDAy
  2. If something is total, it is entire.
    Sense id: simple-total-en-adj-g6LYHjUE

Noun

IPA: /ˈtəʊ.təl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-total.ogg [US] Forms: total [singular], totals [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A total is the final amount of something. It is a term used in math.
    Sense id: simple-total-en-noun-oUIYBKW9

Verb

IPA: /ˈtəʊ.təl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-total.ogg [US] Forms: totaled [past], totaled [past, participle], totaling [present, participle], total [canonical], totals [third-person, singular], totalled [past], totalled [past, participle], totalling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|total}} [POS TABLE], {{verb|total|l}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you total something, you add them up.
    Sense id: simple-total-en-verb-B~lRyOY0
  2. If something totals something, it adds up to that; it amounts to.
    Sense id: simple-total-en-verb-Imt~1GAI Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If you total something, you destroy it; you wreck it. Tags: US
    Sense id: simple-total-en-verb-04Oyv1a~ Categories (other): Slang
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