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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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
July is usually their most successful month, with a total income of $122,602 last year.
—Sophie Caldwell
lauren Shamo, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
The 26-year-old played Jack Damon, the younger half-brother of Taylor Kinney’s Kelly Severide, for a total of 17 episodes throughout two seasons.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Aramco has increasingly tapped debt markets, with two issuances totalling $9 billion in the second half of 2024 and a three-part bond sale of $5 billion this year.
—Natasha Turak,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 5 Aug. 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
Wilson ran for 502 yards last season, averaged 4.9 yards per carry and had five total touchdowns.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
July is usually their most successful month, with a total income of $122,602 last year.
—Sophie Caldwell
lauren Shamo, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
Their bill total came out to be over $84,000 dollars.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
The 26-year-old played Jack Damon, the younger half-brother of Taylor Kinney’s Kelly Severide, for a total of 17 episodes throughout two seasons.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Although Zalando has previously predicted B2B will become a multibillion-euro business for the group, that figure is currently still dwarfed by consumer revenues, which grew 6.8 percent and totaled 2.41 billion euros in the quarter.
—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Aramco has increasingly tapped debt markets, with two issuances totalling $9 billion in the second half of 2024 and a three-part bond sale of $5 billion this year.
—Natasha Turak,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 5 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 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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