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totaling

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for totaling.

Editorial note

Maybe the optimum is providing private spaces totaling, say, 1/3 of your staff.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To equal a total of; to amount to.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of totaling gathered in one view.

verb

To equal a total of; to amount to.

verb

(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.

verb

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for totaling.

verb

To equal a total of; to amount to.

verb

(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.

verb

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

verb

(transitive, US, slang) To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

Example sentences

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Maybe the optimum is providing private spaces totaling, say, 1/3 of your staff.

2

In the states they are required to send you a 1099 for work totaling over $600 in a year.

3

A plant can contain multiple units; the biggest coal fired plant is in Taiwan, with 10 units totaling about 5GW.

4

Remittances are one of the largest capital flows to developing countries totaling $400 billion in 2014.

5

What if in your example ABC already had a balance of 1BTC (totaling 4)?

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Just for curiosity: there are 117512 files in 8610 directories totaling 743 MB, and search in files is really slow even on SSD.

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I had 3000 views of this post, out of those I've received 2 confirmed referrals, totaling ~$9 in payouts.

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I interviewed with 4 different teams on 3 separate occasions totaling 40 hours give or take.

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Then, replace a certain part of the program (totaling k bits, and delete 2 extra bits) with a function drawing k+2 random bits from the OS.

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By the way, glancing at a few browser market share websites, it looks like IE8 and IE9 are alive and well, totaling around the same as IE11.

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I've timed the announcements on some medium-length flights totaling upwards of 30 minutes.

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People simply wouldn't throw so much money and time after this game (starting, in some places, with preschool admissions, and often totaling near the half-million mark) if it weren't.

Quote examples

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Money quote for me: " Microsoft says there are still about 600 interconnected DLLs and other binaries, totaling hundreds of megabytes.

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Just to find out if it was mistaken, I press "buy" on another two apps totaling around $10 in bill.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use totaling in a sentence?

Maybe the optimum is providing private spaces totaling, say, 1/3 of your staff.

What does totaling mean?

To equal a total of; to amount to.

What part of speech is totaling?

totaling is commonly used as verb.