total*/*/*/

[ˈtəʊt(ə)l] adj I

1) with all the numbers or things added together

The total cost of the project came to about £700, 000.[/ex]

The total number of votes was over one million.[/ex]

2) complete

Syn:

absolute

Why would you let a total stranger into the house?[/ex]

They sat in almost total silence the whole evening.[/ex]

II

noun [C]

total */*/*/[ˈtəʊt(ə)l]

the amount that you get when you add several numbers or things together

The total for your books comes to £46.50.[/ex]

A total of 17 students signed up for the course.[/ex]

In total (= counting everyone) over 100 people attended.[/ex]

III

(present participle totalling; past tense and past participle totalled) verb [T]

total [ˈtəʊt(ə)l]

to be a particular total as a result of everything being added together

The company went bankrupt, with debts totalling £60 million.[/ex]