Example: "The bills amounted to $2,000"
Example: "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
Example: "My son totaled our new car"
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
Example: "The total book is rubbish from start to finish. the total number of votes cast is 3,270."
(used as an intensifier) complete; absolute.
Example: "He is a total failure."