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Absolute and Total Definitions

Absolute

Unqualified in extent or degree; total
Absolute silence.

Total

An amount obtained by addition; a sum.

Absolute

Not limited by restrictions or exceptions
An absolute right.

Total

The whole amount of something; the entirety
The storm damaged the total of the housing units.

Absolute

Being fully such; utter
An absolute fool.

Total

Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire
The total population of the city.
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Absolute

Unconstrained by constitutional or other provisions
An absolute ruler.

Total

Complete; utter; absolute
Total concentration.
A total effort.
A total fool.

Absolute

Not mixed; pure
Absolute oxygen.

Total

To determine the total of; add up
They totaled the applications at 600.

Absolute

Not to be doubted or questioned; positive
Absolute proof.

Total

To equal a total of; amount to
The week's receipts totaled more than $90,000.
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Absolute

Of, relating to, or being a word, phrase, or construction that is isolated syntactically from the rest of a sentence, as the referee having finally arrived in The referee having finally arrived, the game began.

Total

To wreck completely; demolish
The driver survived the crash but totaled the car.

Absolute

Of, relating to, or being a transitive verb when its object is implied but not stated. For example, inspires in We have a teacher who inspires is an absolute verb.

Total

To add up; amount
It totals to $25.

Absolute

Of, relating to, or being an adjective or pronoun that stands alone when the noun it modifies is being implied but not stated. For example, in Theirs were the best, theirs is an absolute pronoun and best is an absolute adjective.

Total

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
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Absolute

Relating to measurements or units of measurement derived from fundamental units of length, mass, and time.

Total

Sum.
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

Absolute

Relating to absolute temperature.

Total

Entire; relating to the whole of something.
The total book is rubbish from start to finish.
The total number of votes cast is 3,270.

Absolute

(Law) Complete and unconditional; final
An absolute divorce.

Total

(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.

Absolute

Something that is absolute.

Total

(mathematics) (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.
The Ackermann function is one of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.

Absolute

Something regarded as the ultimate and transcendent basis of all thought and being. Used with the.

Total

(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.

Absolute

Something regarded as exceeding or transcending everything else to the point of being independent and unrelated.

Total

To equal a total of; to amount to.
That totals seven times so far.

Absolute

Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.

Total

To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.

Absolute

Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.

Total

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
It totals nearly a pound.

Absolute

Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
Absolute purity, absolute liberty

Total

Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.

Absolute

Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
Absolute alcohol

Total

The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.

Absolute

Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
When caught, he told an absolute lie.
An absolute denial of all charges
You're an absolute genius!

Total

To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.

Absolute

Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.

Total

To determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; - often used with up; as, to total up the bill.

Absolute

(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).

Total

To damage beyond repair; - used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss.

Absolute

Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
The doctrine that absolute knowledge of things is possible, an absolute principle
Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.

Total

The whole amount

Absolute

(physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
Absolute velocity, absolute motion, absolute position

Total

A quantity obtained by addition

Absolute

Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.

Total

Add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000

Absolute

Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.

Total

Determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

Absolute

(grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".

Total

Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
An entire town devastated by an earthquake
Gave full attention
A total failure

Absolute

(of a case form) Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.

Total

Including everything;
The overall cost
The total amount owed

Absolute

(of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".

Total

Without conditions or limitations;
A total ban

Absolute

Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".

Total

Complete in extent or degree and in every particular;
A full game
A total eclipse
A total disaster

Absolute

Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).

Absolute

(of a usually transitive verb) Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".

Absolute

(of Celtic languages) Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.

Absolute

(math) As measured using an absolute value.
Absolute deviation
Absolute square
Mean absolute difference

Absolute

(math) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.

Absolute

(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.

Absolute

Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
Absolute music

Absolute

Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on (strictly) any occurrence or certain kinds of occurrence.
A freehold property is an estate in fee simple absolute in possession.

Absolute

(obsolete) Absolved; free.

Absolute

That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.
Moral absolutes

Absolute

(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

Absolute

A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.

Absolute

The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.

Absolute

(chemistry) A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.

Absolute

Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

Absolute

Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
So absolute she seems,And in herself complete.

Absolute

Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; - opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.

Absolute

Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

Absolute

Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.

Absolute

Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
I am absolute 't was very Cloten.

Absolute

Authoritative; peremptory.
The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed.

Absolute

Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.

Absolute

Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.

Absolute

In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

Absolute

Something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control;
No mortal being can influence the absolute

Absolute

Perfect or complete or pure;
Absolute loyalty
Absolute silence
Absolute truth
Absolute alcohol

Absolute

Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
Absolute freedom
An absolute dimwit
A downright lie
Out-and-out mayhem
An out-and-out lie
A rank outsider
Many right-down vices
Got the job through sheer persistence
Sheer stupidity

Absolute

Not limited by law;
An absolute monarch

Absolute

Expressing finality with no implication of possible change;
An absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority
Inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal

Absolute

Without conditions or limitations;
A total ban

Absolute

Not capable of being violated or infringed;
Infrangible human rights

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