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Dictionary: to·tal   (tōt'l) pronunciation
n.
  1. An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
  2. A whole quantity; an entirety.
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or constituting the whole; entire. See synonyms at whole.
  2. Complete; utter; absolute: total concentration; a total effort; a total fool.

v., -taled, or -talled, -tal·ing, or -tal·ling, -tals, or -tals.

v.tr.
  1. To determine the total of; add up.
  2. To equal a total of; amount to.
  3. To wreck completely; demolish: survived the crash but totaled the car.
v.intr.

To add up; amount: It totals to three dollars.

[Middle English, whole, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from Latin tōtus.]


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noun

  1. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition: aggregate, amount, sum, summation, sum total, totality. Archaic tale. See count.
  2. An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back: aggregate, all, entirety, everything, gross, sum, totality, whole. Informal work (used in plural). Idioms: everythingbutexceptthe kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the wholeball of waxkit and caboodlemegillahnine yardsshebang. See part/whole.

adjective

  1. Including every constituent or individual: all, complete, entire, gross, whole. See part/whole.
  2. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer2, thorough, thoroughgoing, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter2. Informal flat-out, positive. Chiefly British blooming. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.

verb

  1. To combine (figures) to form a sum: add (up), cast, foot (up), sum (up), tot2 (up), totalize. See increase/decrease.
  2. To come to in number or quantity: aggregate, amount, number, reach, run into. Idioms: add up to. See increase/decrease.
  3. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack2, wreck. Idioms: put the kibosh on. See help/harm/harmless.

Antonyms: total
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adj

Definition: complete, thorough
Antonyms: incomplete, partial, unfinished

n

Definition: whole
Antonyms: part

v

Definition: add up
Antonyms: subtract, take away


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: The whole amount.

pronunciation History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. — Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967)

Wikipedia: Total!
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TOTAL!

TOTAL! #1, January 1992
Editor Steve Jarratt
Categories Video game magazines
Frequency Monthly
First issue January 1992
Final issue
— Number
October 1996
58
Company Future Publishing
Country United Kingdom
Language English
ISSN 0964-9352

Total! was a video game magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing. It was published monthly for 58 issues, beginning in December 1991 (cover-dated January 1992), with the last issue bearing the cover-date October 1996. A "1993 Annual" featuring reprint material and a poster magazine were also released during the magazine's lifetime.

It focused on current and upcoming Nintendo consoles of the era, initially the NES and Game Boy, and then shared coverage with the SNES, Virtual Boy and Nintendo 64 as they were released. The arcade games Crusin' USA, Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2 were also reviewed.

The magazine was launched by Steve Jarratt Editor, Wayne Allen Art Editor and Andy Dyer Staff Writer. Steve Jarratt and Andy Dyer were credited with writing all the reviews. They also appeared in the form of computer sprite-style pictures, with comic book-style speech bubbles on many pages, though these were dropped by the end of 1993. Further named staff writers were brought in, there were usually around four writers credited at a time from 1994 onwards. Jarratt left to become the launch editor of Edge.

The final issue featured "Gamefreak", a Q&A section carried over from sister-magazine Super Play that had ended the month before. Issue 58 was not planned to be the final issue as issue 59 was previewed in the back of the magazine. However shortly after release subscribers received a letter informing them that the magazine had ended.[1]

During the last few years of its life subscribers to the magazine received an extra page in the form of "Total! Arena", a black and white insert featuring a brief summary of the corresponding issue's contents. Also featured on the page was "Fave Raves" where the current writers briefly mentioned their current favourite game - as a one-off this was changed to "Fave Daves" for issue 53's insert. There was also on occasion subscriber only competitions. There was no insert with the final issue.

Each game review featured a rating out of 10 for the graphics, sound, gameplay and lifespan, plus an overall percentage score. The first Nintendo 64 game reviewed, Mario 64, was also the first game to receive the perfect score of 100%. Other notable high scores included 99% for Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES, in September 1993, and 98% each for Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES and Super Mario World on the SNES, both in 1992. It is also notable for giving a score of 77% to Rise of the Robots, uncommonly high among reviews for this game.

References

External links

  • Total! Magazine at World of Stuart, the website of journalist Stuart Campbell, who wrote reviews and occasional features uncredited for the magazine. Includes reproductions of some features from the magazine.

Translations: Total
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - total, komplet, fuldstændig, samlet, sammenlagt
n. - total, sum
v. tr. - opsummere, sammentælle
v. intr. - udgøre, beløbe sig til

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    total indre reflektion
  • total recall    fuldstændig genkaldelse af minde

Nederlands (Dutch)
totaal, optellen, bedragen, volkomen

Français (French)
adj. - total, tout, global, complet
n. - total, montant
v. tr. - additionner, s'élever à, (US) bousiller
v. intr. - s'élever à, additionner

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    réflexion interne totale
  • total recall    (Psych) ecmnésie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gesamtbetrag
adj. - total, gesamt, völlig
v. - betragen, zusammenzählen, (Slang) zu Schrott fahren

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    totale Internreflektion
  • total recall    Erinnerung bis in alle Einzelheiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άθροισμα, σύνολο, σούμα
adj. - ολικός, συνολικός, τέλειος, πλήρης
v. - συμποσούμαι, ανέρχομαι, φθάνω, αθροίζω, προσθέτω

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    (φυσ.) ολική εσωτερική ανάκλαση
  • total recall    φωτογραφική μνήμη, υπερμνησία

Italiano (Italian)
ammontare a, totale, totalmente

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    filtro anti-rifrazione
  • total recall    memoria assoluta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - total (m)
adj. - completo, na sua totalidade
v. - totalizar, adicionar, somar

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    introspecção (f) profunda
  • total recall    faculdade de lembrar com clareza e detalhes

Русский (Russian)
подсчитывать, итожить, итог, целое, общее, совокупный, целый, общий, полный, абсолютный, тотальный, всеобщий

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    только о себе думает
  • total recall    помнит совершенно все

Español (Spanish)
adj. - total, completo, absoluto
n. - suma, totalidad, todo
v. tr. - sumar, formar un total de
v. intr. - totalizar, ascender a, sumar

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    reflexión interna total
  • total recall    memoria excelente, memoria infalible

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - totalsumma, slutsumma, total
adj. - fullständig, total-, total, hel, sammanlagd
v. - räkna samman, lägga (räkna) ihop

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
总计的, 全体的, 总括的, 总体的, 完全的, 绝对的, 全面发动的, 总数, 合计, 全体, 总计, 共计为, 完全被毁

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    总内部反射, 全内反射
  • total recall    能记住自身经历每一细节的完全回忆力

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 總計的, 全體的, 總括的, 總體的, 完全的, 絕對的, 全面發動的
n. - 總數, 合計, 全體
v. tr. - 總計, 共計為
v. intr. - 總計, 合計, 完全被毀

idioms:

  • total internal reflection    總內部反射, 全內反射
  • total recall    能記住自身經歷每一細節的完全回憶力

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전체의, 전적인, 총력적인
n. - 합계, 총액
v. tr. - 합계하다, 총 ~이 되다
v. intr. - 총계가 ~이 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 全体の, 総計の, 完全な
n. - 合計, 総計
v. - 合計…になる, 合計する, 総計する, 殺す

idioms:

  • total abstinence    絶対禁酒
  • total internal reflection    全反射
  • total recall    完全記憶能力

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حاصل, مجموع (صفه) كامل, تام, أجمالي (فعل) يحسب, يجمع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מקיף, כוללני, שלם, גמור, מוחלט, טוטלי‬
n. - ‮סך הכל, סיכום‬
v. tr. - ‮סיכם‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתכם ב-, הגיע ל-‬


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