totals 1 of 2

noun

plural of total
as in sums
a complete amount of something that's the total for our wheat harvest this year

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totals

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of total
1
as in numbers
to have a total of two and two total four

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2
as in adds
to combine (numbers) into a single sum total all the receipts and tell me how much I owe you

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3
as in destroys
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago

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Recent Examples of totals
Noun
Both countries established standard practices for rounding final cash totals while allowing electronic payments to remain exact. — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Minor flooding with rain totals of 2-4 inches are possible again. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 In 1920, Babe Ruth's 54 home runs were more than the totals of seven of the eight MLB teams in existence at the time. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Rainfall totals across the metro varied widely, with many areas receiving between 1 and 3 inches. — Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026 The future Goodwill store totals 15,400 square feet, according to commercial property databases. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 Rainfall totals from the latest storm ranged from less than an inch on the western side of the state up to about 3 inches around the Baltimore metro. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 30 July 2026 As with The Odyssey, Imax and premium-format screens will make up significant chunks of both films’ theatrical totals. — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Verb
The house was built in 1986 and the living area totals 1,974 square feet. — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totals
  1. sums
  2. numbers
  3. adds
  4. destroys
  5. totalities
  6. averages
  7. subtracts
  8. ruins
Noun
  • Closer to home, Liverpool have shown the pitfalls of an expensive facelift, splurging record sums on Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak last summer only to free-fall from champions to a meek fifth-place finish.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Brand New Day scored the best-ever domestic box office sums for a Monday and a Tuesday on its way to becoming the second-fastest feature to cross the billion-dollar mark globally after reaching the threshold in six days, bested only by Endgame.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of sums
Verb
  • The in‑house repair team now numbers 30, supported by a Paris concierge-style service that can handle lighter fixes with a turnaround in days, a service Mothay plans to roll out to other markets, with Tokyo a likely next step.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • Level99 has spent roughly four years building a corporate team that now numbers more than 100 people, something unheard of for just a three-location company.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Definition of numbers
Verb
  • Okada adds that the only thing that matters is keeping the championship in the family.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • His shoot-first mindset adds a useful dimension to Tottenham’s attack, particularly when lining up alongside Dominic Solanke, a natural facilitator, and Kudus, who was Tottenham’s primary creative outlet in the frontline before his injury.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of adds
Verb
  • T cells, a type of immune cell that detects and destroys infected or abnormal cells, normally perform this inspection.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The white dwarf emits radiation and produces a giant gas bubble—the lion’s face—that destroys dust in its path.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroys
Noun
  • The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • While Spain offers a European setting, many eclipse chasers are eyeing destinations like Tunisia and Egypt for their very long totalities and very high chances of clear skies.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of totalities
Verb
  • Retirement income averages $531,000 and expenses average $772,000.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • The 100-year-old system averages nine breaks for every 100 miles of water main, which beats the industry average of about 12 breaks, said Graeme Chaple, distribution division manager for SPRWS.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of averages
Verb
  • Vitae and Willpower/Health merge into a single resource, Difficulty subtracts dice from a pool rather than raising a target number, and players roll nearly all of the dice at the table.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • The upward revision can be attributed to a downward revision on imports, which subtracts from GDP.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
Definition of subtracts
Verb
  • The Carhartt Mansion ruins in Rock Hill are the remains of a lavish 1909 homestead built by workwear founder Hamilton Carhartt, who once owned three miles of land along the Catawba River.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
Definition of ruins

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