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totalizing

totalizing is the present participle and gerund of totalize.

Meaning of totalize

Verb

totalize (third-person singular simple present totalizes, present participle totalizing, simple past and past participle totalized)

  1. To combine parts to make a total.
    Synonyms:
    total
  2. To treat or construe something as universal, all-embracing, or comprehensive.
    • She's heard me rant enough times about how transmasculine people get thrown under the bus in this kind of totalizing discourse, where any and all masculinity must be sacrificed at the altar of entry-level feminism2021, Jasper Sanchez, The (Un)Popular Vote, page 117

Questions about totalizing

What is totalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Totalizing is the present participle and gerund of totalize.

Words near totalizing in the dictionary

  1. totalize
  2. totalized
  3. totalizer
  4. totalizers
  5. totalizes
  6. totalizing
  7. totall
  8. totalled
  9. totaller
  10. totallers
  11. totalley

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