Total vs Combine - What's the difference?
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An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
(informal, mathematics) Sum.
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
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, title= ((used as an intensifier)) Complete; absolute.
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To add up; to calculate the sum of.
To equal a total of; to amount to.
(transitive, US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
To amount to; to add up to.
To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
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* Sir (Walter Scott)
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, title= To have two or more things or properties that function together.
To come together; to unite.
(card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
(obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
* (William Shakespeare)
A combine harvester
A combination
# Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.
# An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former .
In transitive terms the difference between total and combine
is that total is to add up; to calculate the sum of while combine is to have two or more things or properties that function together.In intransitive terms the difference between total and combine
is that total is to amount to; to add up to while combine is to come together; to unite.As an adjective total
is entire; relating to the whole of something.As a proper noun Combine is
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Alternative forms
* totall (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
- The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
See also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividendSynonyms
* (sum) sumDerived terms
* subtotalAdjective
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Synonyms
* (entire) entire, full, whole * (complete) absolute, complete, utter; see alsoDerived terms
* total warVerb
- When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
- That totals seven times so far.
- Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
- It totals nearly a pound.
Synonyms
* (add up) add up, sum * (demolish) demolish, trash, wreckAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----combine
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Verb
(combin)- You with your foes combine , / And seem your own destruction to design.
- So sweet did harp and voice combine .
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- Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
- two substances that easily combine
- I am combined by a sacred vow.
Derived terms
* combination * combinable * combinatory * combined * recombineSynonyms
* fuse * merge * uniteAntonyms
* divide * separate * disuniteNoun
(en noun)- We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
- The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.