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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Totaled}or {Totalled}; p. pr & vb n. {Totaling} or {Totalling}.] To bring to a total; to add also to reach as a total; to amount to [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Total \To"tal\, a. [F., fr LL totalis, fr L. tolus all,whole. Cf {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.'' --Milton. {Total abstinence}. See {Abstinence}, n., 1. {Total depravity}. (Theol.) See {Original sin}, under {Original}. Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See {Whole}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Total \To"tal\, n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as these sums added make the grand total of five millions. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: total adj 1: constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure" [syn: {entire}, {full}] 2: including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed" [syn: {overall}] 3: without conditions or limitations; "a total ban" [syn: {absolute}, {unconditioned}] 4: complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" [syn: {full}] n 1: the whole [syn: {sum}, {totality}, {aggregate}] 2: a quantity obtained by addition [syn: {sum}, {amount}] v 1: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: {number}, {add up}, {come}, {amount}] 2: determine the sum of "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: {tot}, {tot up}, {sum}, {sum up}, {summate}, {tote up}, {add}, {add together}, {tally}, {add up}]
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