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sumtotal

sumtotal noun: total.

Noun

sumtotal (plural sumtotals)

  1. Total.
    • Disposable income is the sumtotal of money incomes that remain at the disposal of individuals.1963, Satyendra Nath Sen, Sisir Kumar Das, Money, Trade and Public Finance, page 91
    • The metallurgical and economic indices subsystem is intended for operative presentation (at the shift and day end) of sumtotal indices of teams, sections and plants operation, as well as that of the concentrator as a whole, to the plants and concentrator management.1975, Proceedings: Eleventh International Mineral Processing Congress
  2. Entirety.
    • An object according to him, is the sumtotal of the appearances presented by it at all places at a given moment, and a mind is the sumtotal of all appearances presented at a place at which at a given moment there are brain and sense organs1970, Swami Satyananda, World Philosophy: Epistemology, page 106
    • According to the Grammarian philosopher, words present a specific meaning of the sentence. These words themselves are not meaningful in the sense that the sumtotal of the meanings of the words will constitute the meaning of the sentence.1971, Ke Rāghavan Piḷḷa, The Vākyapadīya: Studies in the Vākyapadīya - Volume 1, page xxxii
  3. Epitome.
    • Just what this thoughtform is, few people know, but their definition includes the idea of a huge elemental form which bars the way to the sacred portal, or the idea of a fabricated form, constructed sometimes by the disciple's Master to test his sincerity. Some regard it as the sumtotal of a man's...1971, Alice A. Bailey, Ponder on this, →ISBN

Examples of sumtotal in a sentence

  • These periods have been computed by the Hindu students and are the sumtotal of time as we understand it or the duration of a solar system.2012, Alice A. Bailey, Djwhal Khul, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, →ISBN, page 300:
  • A cognition has got to be perceived in its turn like other objects and this cogniser must be the 'self,' that cognises the different cognitions which from the sumtotal of our life experience.1997, Satkari Mookerjee, The Buddhist Philosophy of Universal Flux, →ISBN, page 141:
  • Employment is considered the key to self-esteem, for income is not the sumtotal of human life.2003, K.N. Prasad, Indian Economy, →ISBN, page 1030:
  • Some regard it as the sumtotal of a man's faults, his evil nature, which hinders his being recognised as fit to tread the Path of Holiness.1971, Alice A. Bailey, Ponder on this, →ISBN:

Forms of sumtotal

pluralsumtotals

Questions about sumtotal

What does sumtotal mean?
Sumtotal means total.
How do you use sumtotal in a sentence?
These periods have been computed by the Hindu students and are the sumtotal of time as we understand it or the duration of a solar system.
What part of speech is sumtotal?
Sumtotal is a noun.
What is the plural of sumtotal?
The plural of sumtotal is sumtotals.

Words near sumtotal in the dictionary

  1. sumthin'
  2. sumthing
  3. sumti
  4. sumti tcita
  5. sumting
  6. sumtotal
  7. sumtotals
  8. sumtree
  9. sumtrees
  10. sumu
  11. sumud

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