Past tense of total
regular verb
The past tense of total is totaled or totalled. The past participle is also totaled or totalled.
Forms of total
| Base form (V1) | total /ˈtəʊ.tl̩/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | totaled totalled |
| Past participle (V3) | totaled totalled |
| Present participle | totaling |
| Third person singular | totals |
Totaled and totalled in a sentence
- When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
- Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
- The car got totaled by accident; a giant snowdrift fell off the church roof.From the entry by accident
- I've just been in an accident. I'm fine, but the car is totaled.From the entry I'm fine
- That genius of a brother of mine has totaled my car, again.From the entry of mine
Meaning of total
- noun An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
- noun Sum.
- adjective Entire; relating to the whole of something.
Questions about the past tense of total
- What is the past tense of total?
- The past tense of total is totaled or totalled.
- What is the past participle of total?
- The past participle of total is totaled or totalled.
- Is total a regular or irregular verb?
- Total is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: total (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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