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How to pronounce “total”
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Pronunciation guide for total
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of total with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- All-American Solar Eclipse
August 21, there will be a total eclipse
- Definition summary
- An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce total
All-American Solar Eclipse

August 21, there will be a total eclipse
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “total”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
- (informal, mathematics) Sum.
- [Adjective]
- Entire; relating to the whole of something.
- (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
- (mathematics, of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.
- (mathematics, more generally, of a relation R on X × Y) Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.
- (mathematics, of a partial order ≤) Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
- To equal a total of; to amount to.
- (transitive, US, slang) To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
- (intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
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