totaled or totalled; totaling or totalling
Examples of total in a Sentence
Adjective
a total lack of support
a total eclipse of the sun
He demanded total control of the project.
What was the total amount of the bill?
the total number of words
The country has a total population of about 100 million.
Noun
a total of 25 square miles
that's the total for our wheat harvest this year
Verb
He carefully totaled the bill.
two and two total four
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Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
In total, the IRS will be distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who failed to claim a recovery rebate credit on their 2021 tax returns.
—Susan Haigh and Adriana Morga, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
Eve Chen, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Last summer, West Ham spent more than £120m on a total of nine players.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Sales in the Rest of the World area totaled 30.4 million euros, up 4.4.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2022
Phiaton rates the buds as offering 11 hours if continuous use, and up to 28 hours total with the charging case.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 22 Dec. 2022
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Adjective
In total, it's fixed more than 23 million rotten links on Wikipedia alone, according to the organization.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
In total, the IRS will be distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who failed to claim a recovery rebate credit on their 2021 tax returns.
—Susan Haigh and Adriana Morga, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
Those special tickets start at $267 total and are valid for visits beginning April 6 through Sept. 22, with one park each day.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Last summer, West Ham spent more than £120m on a total of nine players.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
The number of federal workers who filed initial claims under the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program totaled 821 for the week ended March 15, that’s down from 1,066 filings the week before, Thursday’s report showed.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Sales in the Rest of the World area totaled 30.4 million euros, up 4.4.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
Adverb
Dunning upped his innings pitched total from 117 in 2021 to 153, which was the biggest marker of progress for him on the season.
—Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2022
Phiaton rates the buds as offering 11 hours if continuous use, and up to 28 hours total with the charging case.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 22 Dec. 2022
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“Total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/total. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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total
1 of 3 adjective
to·tal
ˈtōt-ᵊl 
1
: of or relating to the whole of something
a total eclipse of the sun
2
: making up the whole
the total amount
3
: being such to the fullest degree
total ruin
4
: making use of every means to do something
total war
total
2 of 3 noun1
: a product of addition : sum
2
: an entire amount
total
3 of 3 verb
totaled or totalled; totaling or totalling
1
2
: to amount to
donations totaled $120
3
: to make a total wreck of
totaled the car
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