Question 1 · Quick check
total
CEFRB1
/ˈtəʊ.tl̩/
adjective · noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Complete or including every part of something.
- 02
noun
The whole amount after adding numbers or separate parts.
Examples
How much money did you spend in total?
Our total debts amount to ten thousand dollars.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 3
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [tʰoʊ̯ɾɫ]
- [tʰɔɾɫ]
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningEntire; relating to the whole of something.
noun
Extra meaningAn amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
verb
Extra meaningTo add up to a particular amount or number.
More examples
In contextTheir total cost was $18 000.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
The total book is rubbish from start to finish. The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.