Meaning & use
Totals
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The full amounts reached by adding together two or more numbers or quantities.
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The spreadsheet automatically updates the totals at the bottom of each column.
Add up the daily totals to get the figure for the whole month.
A note on using this word
Also used as a verb, as in "the bill totals $42," meaning it amounts to that figure overall.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
amounts to a specified figure when added up.
The cost of repairs totals nearly a thousand dollars.
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