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noun
  1. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition: aggregate, amount, sum, summation, sum total, totality. Archaic: tale. See count
  2. An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back: aggregate, all, entirety, everything, gross, sum, totality, whole. Informal: work (used in plural). Idioms: everything but (or except) the kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the whole ball of wax (or kit and caboodle) (or megillah) (or nine yards) (or shebang). See part
adjective
  1. Including every constituent or individual: all, complete, entire, gross, whole. See part
  2. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer 2, thorough, thoroughgoing, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter 2. Informal: flat-out, positive. Chiefly British: blooming. See big, limited
verb
  1. To combine (figures) to form a sum: add (up), cast, foot (up), sum (up), tot 2 (up), totalize. See increase
  2. To come to in number or quantity: aggregate, amount, number, reach, run into. Idiom: add up to. See increase
  3. Slang. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack 2, wreck. Idiom: put the kibosh on. See help

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