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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Total \To"tal\, n.
The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make
the grand total of five millions.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totaledor Totalled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.]
1. To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount
to. [Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; --
often used with up; as, to total up the bill.
[PJC]

3. 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.
[colloq.]
[PJC]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1.

Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under
Original.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet 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 amount [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]
[also: totalling, totalled]

Moby Dictionary
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

TOTAL. Complete; containing the whole; as the total amount of an account is all the items of such account added together; total incapacity, is an absolute and complete incapacity to do a thing. A married woman is totally incapable to make a contract, because, although having intelligence, she has not legal capacity and an idiot is totally incapable to enter into a contract, because he has no will.