Meaning

• An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

  "A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall."

• Sum.

  "The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15."

Meaning

• To add up; to calculate the sum of.

  "When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure."

• To equal a total of; to amount to.

  "That totals seven times so far."

• To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

  "Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car."

• To amount to; to add up to.

  "It totals nearly a pound."

Meaning

• Entire; relating to the whole of something.

  "The total book is rubbish from start to finish.  The total number of votes cast is 3,270."

• (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

  "He is a total failure."