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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, all, amount, body, bulk, entirety, entity, epitome, gross, integral, mass, quantity, reckoning, résumé, score, structure, sum total, summary, summation, synopsis, system, tally, totality, value, whole, works*, worth |
| Antonyms: | fraction, part |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | all |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whole; totality |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, across the board, aggregate, aggregation, collection, ensemble, entirety, everyone, everything, gross, group, integer, jackpot, lock stock and barrel, mass, quantity, sum, sum total, total, unit, utmost, wall to wall, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole nine yards, whole schmear, whole shooting match, whole show, works |
| Antonyms: | none, zero, zilch, zip |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | addition, aggregate, all, bad news, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag, product, quantum, score, set-back, sum, tab, tidy sum, whole |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of money or services |
| Synonyms: | advance, amount, declaration, feeler, hit, invitation, offer, pass, price, proffer, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, sum, summons, tender |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulk; central portion |
| Synonyms: | assembly, basis, bed, box, chassis, core, corpus, crux, essence, frame, fuselage, gist, gravamen, groundwork, hull, main part, majority, mass, material, matter, pith, skeleton, staple, substance, substructure, sum, tenor, total, trunk, whole |
| Antonyms: | nothing, nothingness |
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
| Synonyms: | capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, filling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume |
| Main Entry: | count |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tally; number |
| Synonyms: | calculation, computation, enumeration, numbering, outcome, poll, reckoning, result, sum, toll, total, whole |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | ensemble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, assemblage, band, cast, choir, chorus, company, composite, entirety, gathering, glee club, group, octet, orchestra, organization, outfit, quartet, quintet, set, sextet, sum, total, totality, trio, troupe, whole |
| Main Entry: | entirety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wholeness, whole |
| Synonyms: | absoluteness, aggregate, all, allness, collectiveness, collectivity, completeness, complex, comprehensiveness, ensemble, entireness, everything, fullness, gross, intactness, integrality, integrity, omneity, omnitude, oneness, perfection, plenitude, sum, sum total, the works, total, totality, undividedness, unity, universality, whole ball of wax, whole bit, whole enchilada, whole nine yards |
| Antonyms: | fraction, incompleteness, part, partiality, section |
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