total: Meaning and Definition of

to•tal

1. constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
2. of or pertaining to the whole of something: the total effect of a play.
3. complete in extent or degree; absolute; unqualified; utter: a total failure.
4. involving all aspects, elements, participants, resources, etc.; unqualified; all-out: total war.

1. the total amount; sum; aggregate: a total of $200.
2. the whole; an entirety: the impressive total of Mozart's achievement.

1. to bring to a total; add up.
2. to reach a total of; amount to.
3. . to wreck or demolish completely: He totaled his new car in the accident.

1. to amount (often fol. by to).