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to totalize

to totalize

1 7.4
Join numbers or ideas to make one whole
  • verb
  • /ˈtoʊtəlˌaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : totalizar
  • totalizing vision
  • totalizing impulse
  • totalizing theory

Examples

  • Many water and gas flows are totalized on an hourly, daily, or monthly basis with the accumulators updated every second.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Setpoints for high/low rate alarms and a totalizing cutoff (batch control) are programmed using the front keypad.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The accountant will totalize the expenses from the project to determine the overall cost.

  • At the end of the exercise, the teacher asked the students to totalize their scores from the tests.

  • To prepare the budget for next year, we need to totalize all the sales figures from the last quarter.

Synonyms

to add
vsto totalize
934 1.0

Put numbers or amounts together to find their total

covers number calculation but also forming a single combined entity or idea
to combine
vsto totalize
638 2.7

To mix two or more things into one

is narrower and focuses on making one total amount or unified concept
to sum
vsto totalize
168 1.0

To add two or more numbers to find their total

is broader and also used for combining elements into one concept
to add up
vsto totalize
118 1.0

Find the total of several numbers

is used more generally for joining parts into one amount or idea
to total
vsto totalize
65 1.0

To add numbers together to find the whole amount

emphasizes making a single combined amount or concept
to aggregate
vsto totalize
23 5.1

To collect things together to make one total

is more about making a single total or unified concept from parts
to roll up
vsto totalize
22 3.7

Collect small amounts until they become a larger total

focuses on forming one overall amount or concept rather than gradual collection
to add together
vsto totalize
7 1.0

To calculate the total of two or more numbers by putting them together

focuses on combining parts into one overall quantity or concept
to sum up
vsto totalize
1 2.1

Add several numbers to find the total

can also mean combining parts into one single entity or concept
to summate
vsto totalize
7.8

To add small amounts together to make a total

focuses on forming one single amount or unified entity

Antonyms

to subtract
56 1.6

To take one number away from another

to disaggregate
  • Specialized
3 7.5

To separate something into smaller parts to study it

How Combined

to totalize
  • US
1 7.4
to aggregate
23 5.1
to add up
118 1.0
to group
38 1.2
to itemize
  • US
22 4.1

Surface Forms

totalize infinitive
totalized past
totalized past participle
totalizing present participle
totalizes third person singular

Morphology

totalize = total (transparent) = total + ize

The verb 'totalize' is transparently formed by adding the suffix '-ize' to 'total', indicating the action of making or becoming total.

Etymology

The word totalize starts with the familiar word total, from an old word that means 'whole', and adds -ize, which means 'to make'. So to totalize is to 'make a total' — to add things up or join parts into one amount or idea.