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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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
In total, during the fiscal year ending in June 2025, the park rangers department billed more than 1,650 hours of overtime.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Florida in particular reported half the cases with 14 in total.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 24 July 2025
Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 25 July 2025
The casinos totaled more than 7.6 million visitors, up 1.5 million or 24% year over year.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 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, their work helped more than 1,300 veterans in 2024.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
In total, during the fiscal year ending in June 2025, the park rangers department billed more than 1,650 hours of overtime.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
After years of outreach and investment in contracts with cell phone providers, officials have built a database of roughly 1.6 million numbers, covering about 75% of the capital-area population in total.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Florida in particular reported half the cases with 14 in total.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 24 July 2025
Verb
Three federal stimulus checks were distributed in 2020 and 2021, totaling about $931 billion.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 25 July 2025
The casinos totaled more than 7.6 million visitors, up 1.5 million or 24% year over year.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 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 29 Jul. 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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