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adjective | noun | verb totaltotal1 /ˈtoʊt̮l/ ●●● S2 W1 adjective ETYMOLOGYtotal1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin totus whole 1[only before noun] complete, and affecting or including everything: a total ban on cigarette advertising The sales campaign was a total disaster.2a total number/amount/cost etc. the number, amount, etc. of all the numbers in a group added together: a total population of about 100 million [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French, Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin totus whole] adjective | noun | verb totaltotal2 ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] ► In total In total, there were about 40 people there. THESAURUS the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce something► cost the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce something: Medical care costs keep rising. Tenants pay a deposit to cover the cost of cleanup. ► price the amount of money you must pay to buy something: House prices are rising again. ► charge the amount that you have to pay for a particular service or to use something: There is a small charge for each additional service. ► fee the amount you have to pay to enter, use, or join something, or that you pay to a lawyer, doctor, etc.: The museum entrance fee for adults is $12. ► rate a charge or payment that is set according to a standard scale: The hotel has a special rate for seniors. ► fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, airplane, train, etc.: How much is the bus fare these days? ► rent the amount you have to pay to live in or use a place that you do not own: My rent is $900 a month. ► value the amount of money that something is worth: A new kitchen can increase the value of your home. ► expense the very large amount of money that you spend on something: The family was not prepared for the expense of the funeral. ► total the amount of money you spend when you add up a number of prices: Not including the flight, the total for the rest of the vacation was $1,200. the final number or amount of things, people, etc. when everything has been counted: You had 29 points plus 33 points, so the total is 62.total of A total of $950 million was spent on the new system. In total, there were about 40 people there.► see thesaurus at cost1 → see also grand total at grand1 (2), sum total adjective | noun | verb totaltotal3 ●●○ verb VERB TABLEtotal |
Present | I, you, we, they | total | | he, she, it | totals | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | totaled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have totaled | | he, she, it | has totaled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had totaled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will total | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have totaled |
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Present | I | am totaling | | he, she, it | is totaling | | you, we, they | are totaling | Past | I, he, she, it | was totaling | | you, we, they | were totaling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been totaling | | he, she, it | has been totaling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been totaling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be totaling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been totaling |
THESAURUSto damage something so badly that it does not exist anymore or cannot be used or repaired► destroyto damage something so badly that it does not exist anymore or cannot be used or repaired: Pollution may destroy the 17th-century shrine. The school was completely destroyed by fire. ► demolish (also tear down informal) to completely destroy a building, structure, or part of a building: They demolished the old houses and built an apartment building there. After the war, all the statues of the former leader were torn down. ► devastate to damage a place very badly or destroy many things in it. Used especially in writing: The earthquake devastated the city. ► reduce something to ruins/rubble/ashes formal to destroy something, especially a building or town, completely. Used especially in writing: Dresden was reduced to rubble in the bombings. ► level/flatten to destroy everything in an area so that nothing is standing above the ground: The tornado flattened parts of the city. ► wipe out informal to destroy all of a group of people or things: The flood wiped out the whole village. ► total informal to damage a car so badly that it cannot be repaired: He got in a bad accident and totaled his new car. ► wreck informal to damage a vehicle or machine very badly, often so that it cannot be repaired: You’re going to wreck the machine if you keep forcing it. 1[linking verb] to be a particular total after all the amounts have been added together: Contributions totaled $28,000.2 (also total up) [transitive] to find the total number or total amount of something by adding: When you total the costs up, that’s a lot of money.3[transitive] informal to damage a car so badly that it cannot be repaired: The truck was totaled, but no one was hurt.► see thesaurus at destroy |