total

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: to=tal
• COUNT in NET: 45 in 45 verses (in OT : 44 in 44 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

total, 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.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1. -- Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.

Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.

total, n. 

 The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.  [1913 Webster]

total, v. t. 

•  To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill.  [PJC]
•  To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

total, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 complete, comprising the whole (the total number of people).
2 absolute, unqualified (in total ignorance; total abstinence).
--n. a total number or amount.
--v. (totalled, totalling; US totaled, totaling)
1 tr. a amount in number to (they totalled 131). b find the total of (things, a set of figures, etc.).
2 intr. (foll. by to, up to) amount to, mount up to.
3 tr. US sl. wreck completely.

Idiom

total abstinence abstaining completely from alcohol. total eclipse an eclipse in which the whole disc (of the sun, moon, etc.) is obscured. total internal reflection reflection without refraction of a light-ray meeting the interface between two media at more than a certain critical angle to the normal. total recall the ability to remember every detail of one's experience clearly. total war a war in which all available weapons and resources are employed.

Derivative

totally adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. med.L totalis f. totus entire

THESAURUS

total

absolute, account, accumulative, across-the-board, add, add up, add up to, addend, admitting no exception, aggregate, aggregate to, all, all-comprehending, all-comprehensive, all-covering, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-filling, all-including, all-inclusive, all-out, all-pervading, allover, amount, amount to, arbitrary, arrant, atomize, authoritarian, authoritative, be-all and end-all, blanket, body, born, box score, break to pieces, broad-based, budget, bulk, cast, cast up, categorical, catholic, cipher up, classical, clean, clear, cleave, come, come to, compendious, complete, comprehensive, comprise, compute, conclusive, congenital, consequential, considerable, consist of, consummate, contain, cosmopolitan, count, count up, country-wide, crack up, crass, cumulative, decided, decisive, deep, deep-dyed, definite, definitive, demolish, despotic, detail, determinate, developed, difference, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, ecumenic, egregious, encyclopedic, entire, entirety, equal, exhaustive, explicit, express, figure, figure up, final, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, foot, foot up, fragment, full, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, galactic, glaring, global, grand, grand total, grave, great, gross, gross amount, heaven-wide, heavy, holistic, implicit, inappealable, inclusive, indisputable, intact, integral, integrated, intense, intensive, international, intolerable, inventory, irresistible, itemize, main, make mincemeat of, mature, matured, maximum, mighty, monopolistic, mount up to, national, nondenominational, nonsectarian, number, omnibus, omnipotent, omnipresent, one, one and indivisible, out-and-out, outright, over-all, overall, panoramic, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, pick to pieces, plain, planetary, plenary, plumb, plus, plus sign, positive, powerful, precious, product, profound, pronounced, proper, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, pure, quantity, quantum, radical, rank, recap, recapitulate, recite, reckon, reckon up, reckon up to, reckoning, recount, reduce to rubble, regular, rehearse, relate, rend, ripe, round, run into, run to, score, score up, serious, shatter, shattering, sheer, shocking, smash, solid, sound, split, stack up, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, strong, subtotal, sum, sum and substance, sum total, sum up, summarize, summate, summation, sunder, superlative, surpassing, sweeping, synoptic, take apart, tale, tally, tally up, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to shreds, tear to tatters, teetotal, the amount, the bottom line, the story, the veriest, the whole story, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, tot, tot up, tot up to, total up, totalitarian, totality, tote, tote up, tote up to, ubiquitous, unabbreviated, unalloyed, unbearable, unbuild, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable, uncut, undeniable, undiminished, undo, undoubting, unequivocal, unexpurgated, unhampered, unhesitating, unitize, universal, unlimited, unmake, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unwaivable, utter, veritable, whole, whole amount, wholesale, without exception, without omission, without reserve, world-wide, wrack up, wreck, x number, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

total

Whole

N whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien, whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.