total

total, somme

Quantité obtenue en additionnant plusieurs quantités.

En anglais simple : The amount you get when you add several amounts together.

• The total is twenty euros.
• Add these prices and check the total.
• A total of twelve people came to dinner.

Comment l'utiliser : a total of + amount (We collected a total of fifty dollars.)

Synonymes : sum

Expressions courantes : a total of, the grand total, in total, the total of

total, complet, absolu

Sans manque ni exception ; sert aussi à renforcer une description.

En anglais simple : Complete, with nothing missing or left out; often used to make a description stronger.

• The room fell into total silence.
• Our first attempt was a total disaster.
• She was a total stranger when we met.

Synonymes : complete, absolute, utter

Contraires : partial

Expressions courantes : total silence, a total disaster, total control

total, global

Qui comprend toutes les parties ou toutes les quantités réunies.

En anglais simple : Including every part of something or all the amounts together.

• What is the total cost?
• The total distance was fifteen kilometers.
• Our total income increased last year.

Synonymes : overall, whole, entire

Contraires : partial

Expressions courantes : total cost, total number, total population

total

Se dit d’une fonction qui donne un résultat pour chaque entrée de son domaine.

En anglais simple : A function gives a result for every possible input in its allowed set.

• This function is total.
• A total function accepts every input in its domain.
• We proved that the mapping was total.

Contraires : partial

Expressions courantes : total function, total computable function, total mapping

s'élever à, totaliser

Atteindre un nombre ou un montant donné une fois les éléments additionnés.

En anglais simple : To add up to a particular number or amount.

• The costs total fifty dollars.
• Our sales totaled two million euros last year.
• Payments now total more than the original price.

Comment l'utiliser : total + amount (The repairs total six hundred euros.)

Synonymes : amount to, come to, add up to

Expressions courantes : total ten dollars, total nearly something, total more than

additionner, totaliser

Ajouter plusieurs nombres ou quantités pour en calculer la somme.

En anglais simple : To add several numbers or amounts together to find their sum.

• Please total these numbers.
• I totaled the receipts after dinner.
• Can you total up our travel costs?

Comment l'utiliser : total something up (Please total the expenses up before lunch.)

Synonymes : add up, sum

Expressions courantes : total the costs, total the figures, total something up

démolir, bousiller

Endommager un véhicule au point que le réparer soit impossible ou trop coûteux.

En anglais simple : To damage a vehicle so badly that repairing it is impossible or costs too much.

• He totaled his car.
• The truck was totaled in the crash.
• Did the accident total your new van?

Synonymes : wreck, destroy, write off

Expressions courantes : total a car, total the truck, total someone's vehicle