[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/total.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / total [← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/T/) # total «total» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the whole amount you get when you add everything up** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (total, totals); adjective; verb (total, totals, totalled/totaled); adverb (casual: totally) ### meaning for a pupil 1) The total is the whole amount you get when you add everything up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#m1) 2) Total as an adjective means whole or complete: «total cost», «total silence». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#m2) 3) To total is to add up to an amount: «The bill totals 20 dollars». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#m3) 4) (casual) To total a car is to wreck it so badly it cannot be fixed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#m4) 5) (casual) «Totally» or «totes» (slang) means completely, yes for sure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#m5) 6) (rude) «a total idiot», «a total disaster» use total to make an insult stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#m6) 7) (formal) Exams say «the aggregate», «the sum total», «the cumulative total» or «in its entirety». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#m7) ### sense in the lessons the sum of all the parts; «in total» usually means add; a total score adds up all the points; phrases: «in total», «the total cost», «a total of», «grand total», «running total»; in casual talk «totally», «totes», «he totalled his car»; in rough talk «you total muppet», «total rip-off»; in the exam voice «the aggregate amount», «compute the sum total», «the cumulative expenditure» ### examples - Proceeding in the same way with ;, we shall obtain 10,648 quadriliterals beginning with 3, and so forth with the remaining letters, which would give a total of •2"2*, or •234,256. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x1) - As is well-known, some old grammarians, among whom was the author of the "Dikduke ha-Teamim"" counted the final letters as separate letters, thus making the total number oi the letters of the alphabet twenty-seven. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x2) - How many cards did Ben buy in total? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x3) - The total cost is 12 cents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x4) - There are 30 children in total, and 14 are boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x5) - The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x6) - Our team scored a total of 42 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x7) - The shopping totalled 18 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x8) - The library was in total silence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x9) - Keep a running total of the money you save. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x10) - Totes worth it, 3 for 5 bucks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x11) - 20 bucks for chips? Total rip-off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x12) - Compute the aggregate expenditure incurred across the three purchases of 4, 5 and 6 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x13) - My uncle totalled his car but nobody was hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x14) - Once out in the current my raft flew swiftly under the gloomy archway, and I found myself in total darkness, carried smoothly forward by the rapid river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/#x15) ### note «in total» usually means add. Trap: if the total is given, a missing part is total − the known part. «aggregate», «sum total», «cumulative» in an exam mean the total. «totalled a car» means wrecked it, not added anything. Spelling: totalled (UK), totaled (USA). ### In the corpora - [Borrowing always has a price called interest, so the total paid back is more than the price tag.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/2/) - [What is the total at the end, and is there a cheaper way?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums/8/) - [Pit vipers such as rattlesnakes have heat-sensing pits on their faces that find warm-blooded prey in total darkness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/30-snakes-and-lizards/10/) - [Sperm whales hunt squid more than a kilometre down in total darkness with clicks that are among the loudest sounds any animal makes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/6/) - [Owls and cats see very well in dim light, but no eye can see anything in total darkness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/11/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «total» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/total/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.