totalize
/'toutəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (totalise) /'toutəlaiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To combine or sum up into a total: To make something into a whole by adding together its constituent parts or elements.
- To treat or view as a unified whole: To consider or represent diverse elements as constituting a single, complete entity.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- The software will totalize the sales figures from all regional branches.
- It is difficult to totalize the complex data from various independent studies.
- Can we totalize these different ideas into one coherent philosophy?
Advanced Usage
- "To totalize a concept": To attempt to bring all aspects of a broad or fragmented concept under one comprehensive theory or system.
- Some philosophers argue it is a mistake to try and totalize human experience.
Variants and Related Words
- Totalization (n): The act or process of making something into a total.
- The totalization of the votes took several hours.
- Totalizer (n): A person or device that calculates a total.
- The machine acted as a totalizer for the factory's daily output.
Synonyms
- Sum: To find the total of.
- Aggregate: To collect or combine into a whole.
- Consolidate: To combine into a single, more effective whole.
Antonyms
- Separate: To cause to move or be apart.
- Fragment: To break or cause to break into parts.
- Analyze: To examine methodically by separating into parts.
Notes on Meaning
- The verb "totalize" often implies a deliberate, formal, or systematic act of summation or unification, rather than a simple, casual addition. It can carry a connotation of comprehensiveness or finality.
- In some critical or philosophical contexts, "totalize" can have a negative connotation, suggesting an oversimplification or an unjustified forcing of diverse elements into a single, rigid framework.
Verb
- make into a total
- Can we totalize these different ideas into one philosophy?