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total  (totals plural & 3rd person present) (totalling present participle) (totalled past tense & past participle )
1  n-count 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.  
2  adj 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. 
ADJ n 
The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.  
3 If there are a number of things in total, there are that number when you count or add them all together. 
♦ in total  phrase PHR after v, PHR with cl, amount PHR 
I was with my husband for eight years in total...  
4  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 V amount 85 million this year...  
5  verb When you total a set of numbers or objects, you add them all together. 
They haven't totalled the exact figures.  V n 
6  adj You can use total to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be. 
usu ADJ n  (emphasis)   (=complete) 
Why should we trust a total stranger?...  
♦  totally  adv ADV adj/adv, ADV with v  (=completely) 
Young people want something totally different from the old ways...