totalise

/'toutəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (totalise) /'toutəlaiz/

Thân thiện

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To combine or aggregate into a single whole or sum: "totalise" means to bring together separate items, amounts, or elements to form a complete total or unified entity.
   • To make total; to render complete by summation: It refers to the act of calculating or expressing as a sum total.

Usage

• The verb "totalise" is used when describing the process of summing up individual components.
• It is often used in formal, academic, or technical contexts related to mathematics, data analysis, philosophy, or general synthesis.
• It can be used with direct objects (e.g., totalise the figures, totalise the scores).

Examples

• Verb:
  • The accountant will totalise all the quarterly expenses.
  • We need to totalise the survey responses to get an overall trend.
  • Can we totalise these different ideas into one coherent theory?

Advanced Usage

• "to totalise across categories": to sum data from different groups or classifications.
  • The software can totalise the sales figures across all regional categories.
• Used in philosophical or theoretical discourse to describe the synthesis of concepts.
  • His work attempts to totalise various historical narratives into a single grand account.

Variants and Related Words

• Totalize (verb): An alternative spelling, identical in meaning and usage to "totalise".
  • The system is designed to totalize energy consumption.
• Totalisation (noun): The process or result of totalising.
  • The totalisation of the votes took several hours.
• Totaliser (noun): A person or device that totalises.
  • The machine acts as a totaliser for production counts.

Synonyms

• Sum: to find the total of.
• Aggregate: to collect or combine into a whole.
• Compute: to calculate or determine by mathematical means.
• Consolidate: to combine into a single, more effective whole.

Antonyms

• Separate: to set or keep apart.
• Divide: to separate into parts.
• Itemize: to list individual items separately.

Related Phrases

• To totalise the results: A common phrase meaning to add up all outcomes or scores.
  • After the experiment, the first step is to totalise the results.
• Grand totalise: (less common) to perform a final, comprehensive summation.
  • The final report will grand totalise all project expenditures.

Học thuật

Verb

1. make into a total
   • Can we totalize these different ideas into one philosophy?

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