total

Definition

  • noun: the number or amount of everything counted
  • noun: a product of addition
  • verb: to produce (a total) when added together
  • verb: to add up
  • adjective: complete or absolute
  • adjective: comprising or constituting a whole
  • often + 'up'
  • synonyms: sum, compute, entire

Examples

  • That's 'the sum total of' what I know about cars. [=that's all I know about cars]

  • They have managed to raise a 'grand total' of $15 million in the past two years.

  • They scored a 'grand total' of three points in the first quarter.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) without even firing a shot. Are you the pirate I've read about or not? How did you escape last time? Last time, I was here a grand total of three days, all right? Last time... The rumrunners used this island as a cache, came by, and I was able to barter passage off. (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl