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# total

noun (total, totals); adjective; verb (total, totals, totalled/totaled); adverb (casual: totally)

«total» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The total is the whole amount you get when you add everything up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#m1)
2. Total as an adjective means whole or complete: «total cost», «total silence». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#m2)
3. To total is to add up to an amount: «The bill totals 20 dollars». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#m3)
4. (casual) To total a car is to wreck it so badly it cannot be fixed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#m4)
5. (casual) «Totally» or «totes» (slang) means completely, yes for sure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#m5)
6. (rude) «a total idiot», «a total disaster» use total to make an insult stronger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#m6)
7. (formal) Exams say «the aggregate», «the sum total», «the cumulative total» or «in its entirety». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#m7)

### In the lessons

the sum of all the parts; «in total» usually means add; a total score adds up all the points; phrases: «in total», «the total cost», «a total of», «grand total», «running total»; in casual talk «totally», «totes», «he totalled his car»; in rough talk «you total muppet», «total rip-off»; in the exam voice «the aggregate amount», «compute the sum total», «the cumulative expenditure»

### Examples

- How many cards did Ben buy in total? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x1)
- The total cost is 12 cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x2)
- There are 30 children in total, and 14 are boys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x3)
- The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x4)
- Our team scored a total of 42 points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x5)
- The shopping totalled 18 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x6)
- The library was in total silence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x7)
- Keep a running total of the money you save. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x8)
- Totes worth it, 3 for 5 bucks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x9)
- 20 bucks for chips? Total rip-off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x10)
- Compute the aggregate expenditure incurred across the three purchases of 4, 5 and 6 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x11)
- My uncle totalled his car but nobody was hurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x12)
- Once out in the current my raft flew swiftly under the gloomy archway, and I found myself in total darkness, carried smoothly forward by the rapid river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/#x13)

### Note

«in total» usually means add. Trap: if the total is given, a missing part is total − the known part. «aggregate», «sum total», «cumulative» in an exam mean the total. «totalled a car» means wrecked it, not added anything. Spelling: totalled (UK), totaled (USA).

## In Jewish tradition

the sum of all the parts; «in total» usually means add; a total score adds up all the points; phrases: «in total», «the total cost», «a total of», «grand total», «running total»; in casual talk «totally», «totes», «he totalled his car»; in rough talk «you total muppet», «total rip-off»; in the exam voice «the aggregate amount», «compute the sum total», «the cumulative expenditure»

### Examples

- Proceeding in the same way with ;, we shall obtain 10,648 quadriliterals beginning with 3, and so forth with the remaining letters, which would give a total of •2"2\*, or •234,256. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x1)
- As is well-known, some old grammarians, among whom was the author of the "Dikduke ha-Teamim"" counted the final letters as separate letters, thus making the total number oi the letters of the alphabet twenty-seven. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x2)

### Note

«in total» usually means add. Trap: if the total is given, a missing part is total − the known part. «aggregate», «sum total», «cumulative» in an exam mean the total. «totalled a car» means wrecked it, not added anything. Spelling: totalled (UK), totaled (USA).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «total» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«total» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/total.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «total» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«total» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/total.html) on Mova free.