| query | A t____ is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group.A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group. The companies have a total of 1,776 employees. |
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| word | total |
| full-definition | noun A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group. The companies have a total of 1,776 employees. adjective The total number or cost of something is the number or cost that you get when you add together or count all the parts in it. There could begin to be a decline in the total number of babies born each year. The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million. You can use total to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be. You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three. There was an almost total lack of management control. Why should we trust a total stranger? I have total confidence that things will change. Young people want something totally different from the old ways. The fire totally destroyed the top floor. verb If several numbers or things total a certain figure, that figure is the total of all the numbers or all the things. The unit's exports will total $85 million this year. They will compete for prizes totalling nearly £3000. When you total a set of numbers or objects, you add them all together. They haven't totalled the exact figures. |
| inflections | totalstotallingtotalledtotally |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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