total

total

A n total m ; £200 in total £200 au total ; a total of £200 un total de £200 ; it comes to a total of £200 cela fait £200 en tout.

B adj

1 (added together) [number, cost, amount, loss, profit] total ;

2 (complete) [effect] global ; [attention, disaster, eclipse, failure, war] total ; [ignorance] complet/-ète ; the total debts come to £3,000 le montant total des dettes s'élève à 3 000 livres sterling.

C vtr (p prés etc -ll- GB, -l- US)

1 (add up) additionner [amounts, figures] ;

2 (reach) [debts, costs, sales, income] se monter à [sum] ; their votes totalled two million ils ont eu deux millions de voix ;

3 ○ US (destroy) bousiller ○ [car].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.