totalled
part of speech
verb form (past of «total»: total, totals, totalled, totalling — UK; totaled, totaling — US); adjective (totalled — informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) Totalled means added up to a number: «the bill totalled ten pounds». tree →
2) Totalled means added up all the numbers to find the total. tree →
3) (informal, slang) A totalled car is completely wrecked in a crash and cannot be fixed. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths problems «totalled» tells the reader the sum of the amounts: «the sales totalled 120» means all sales added together make 120. In everyday slang, «he totalled his car» means the car was destroyed. In money and sports reports it gives final totals.
examples
- The money we raised totalled 85 dollars. tree →
- Her scores totalled 42 points. tree →
- Our three bags of apples totalled 15 kilograms. tree →
- Mum totalled the shopping on her phone. tree →
- The car was totalled in the crash, but nobody was hurt. tree →
- The rainfall for the week totalled 30 millimetres. tree →
- The tickets for the four of us totalled 48 pounds. tree →
note
UK spelling has double «l» (totalled, totalling); US spelling has one «l» (totaled, totaling). In maths, «totalled» = the answer of adding: parts 10, 15 and 20 totalled 45. The wreck meaning is slang.
Trees and pragmatics
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