different between total vs calculation
total
English
Alternative forms
- totall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin t?t?lis, from t?tus (“all, whole, entire”), of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan ???????????????????? (touto, “community, city-state”), Umbrian ???????????????????? (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þ?od (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh? (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??.t?l/
- (General American) enPR: t??tl, IPA(key): /?to?.t?l/, [t?o????], [t????]
- Rhymes: -??t?l
Noun
total (plural totals)
- An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
- A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
- (informal, mathematics) Sum.
- The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
Synonyms
- (sum): sum
Derived terms
- subtotal
Translations
See also
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
Adjective
total (comparative more total, superlative most total)
- Entire; relating to the whole of something.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
- (mathematics) (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.
Synonyms
- (entire): entire, full, whole; see also Thesaurus:entire
- (complete): absolute, complete, utter; see also Thesaurus:total
Derived terms
- total allergy syndrome
- total eclipse
- totalism
- totalitarian
- totality
- totally
- total order
- total war
Translations
Verb
total (third-person singular simple present totals, present participle (UK) totalling or (US) totaling, simple past and past participle (UK) totalled or (US) totaled)
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
- Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
- (intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
- It totals nearly a pound.
Synonyms
- (add up): add up, sum
- (demolish): demolish, trash, wreck
Translations
Anagrams
- lotta
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin t?t?lis.
Adjective
total (epicene, plural totales)
- total
Noun
total m (plural totales)
- total
Derived terms
- en total
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin t?t?lis, attested from the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /to?tal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /tu?tal/
Adjective
total (masculine and feminine plural totals)
- total
Derived terms
- totalment
Related terms
- totalitat
Noun
total m (plural totals)
- total
Derived terms
- en total
References
Further reading
- “total” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “total” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “total” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology 1
From French total.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tota?l/, [t?o?t?æ??l]
Adjective
total
- total
Inflection
Noun
total c (singular definite totalen, plural indefinite totaler)
- total
Inflection
Etymology 2
Compound of to (“two”) and tal (“number”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /total/, [?t?ot?al]
Noun
total n (singular definite totallet, plural indefinite totaller)
- two
Inflection
Synonyms
- 2-tal
French
Etymology
From Latin t?t?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?.tal/
- Homophones: totale, totales
Adjective
total (feminine singular totale, masculine plural totaux, feminine plural totales)
- total
- perfect
Antonyms
- (total): partiel
Noun
total m (plural totaux)
- total
Related terms
- au total
- question totale
- sous-total
- totalement
- totaliser
- totalitaire
- totalité
- tout
Further reading
- “total” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
From Latin t?t?lis.
Adjective
total m or f (plural totais)
- complete, entire
Noun
total m (plural totais)
- total
Further reading
- “total” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Etymology
From Latin t?t?lis.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
total (not comparable)
- total
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin t?t?lis, from totus.
Adjective
total (neuter singular totalt, definite singular and plural totale)
- total
Derived terms
- totalskade
- totaltap
References
- “total” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin t?t?lis, from totus.
Adjective
total (neuter singular totalt, definite singular and plural totale)
- total
Derived terms
- totalskadd
- totaltap
References
- “total” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin t?t?lis (“total”), from Latin t?tus (“whole”) + -?lis (“-al”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.?ta?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /to.?taw/
Adjective
total m or f (plural totais, comparable)
- complete; entire (to the greatest extent)
- Synonyms: completo, inteiro
- total (relating to the whole of something)
Antonyms
- (complete): incompleto, parcial
Noun
total m (plural totais)
- total (amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts)
- Synonym: totalidade
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
From French total
Adjective
total m or n (feminine singular total?, masculine plural totali, feminine and neuter plural totale)
- total
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin t?t?lis, from t?tus (“all, whole, entire”).
Adjective
total (plural totales)
- total, complete, outright
Adverb
total
- (colloquial) basically, so, in short (used to summarise)
Noun
total m (plural totales)
- total
Derived terms
- en total
See also
- todo
References
- “total” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Etymology
From German total, from French total, from Latin totalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??t??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Adjective
total (not comparable)
- total
Declension
References
- total in Svensk ordbok (SO)
Anagrams
- Lotta, lotta
total From the web:
- what totals a car
- what total drama character are you
- what totalitarian means
- what totals out a car
- what total dramarama character are you
- what totals a vehicle
- what total magnification will be achieved
- what total gas volume at 520
calculation
English
Etymology
From Middle English calculation, borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis.Morphologically calculate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kælkju?le???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /kælkj??le???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
calculation (countable and uncountable, plural calculations)
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
Synonyms
- (act or process of calculating): computation, evaluation, reckoning (old); see also Thesaurus:calculation
- (Result of calculation): sum
- (estimate): estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement
Related terms
- calculable
- calculate
- calculator
- calculus
Translations
Anagrams
- auction call
calculation From the web:
- what calculator can you do
- what calculation is an example of velocity
- what calculation is the recipe yield used for
- what calculation is used to determine acceleration
- what calculations is the farmers share based on
- what calculations are done after a titration
- what calculation is the fte used for in a hospital
- what calculation shows that is an orthogonal basis for
you may also like
- total vs calculation
- determining vs compelling
- store vs spring
- merrymaking vs pleasantry
- patronage vs authority
- forerunner vs father
- inoperative vs incompetent
- reserve vs remoteness
- peaceful vs compassionate
- ninny vs blockhead
- easygoing vs tranquil
- slavery vs bonds
- expense vs hurt
- department vs piece
- unripe vs unready
- hinder vs dull
- coneption vs consciousness
- abide vs leave
- founder vs bumble
- bounce vs frisk