- total
- adjective1》 comprising the whole number or amount.2》 complete; absolute.noun a total number or amount.verb (totals, totalling, totalled; US totals, totaling, totaled)1》 amount in number to.↘find the total of.2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. destroy or kill.Derivativestotalization or totalisation nountotalize or totalise verbtotally adverbOriginME: via OFr. from med. L. totalis, from totum 'the whole', neut. of L. totus 'whole'.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.