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tot n. child, toddler, infant, baby: Can you recall when you were<br />

a tiny tot?<br />

total n. 1 sum (total), totality, aggregate, whole, amount, total<br />

number: The total of wounded came to only fifteen.<br />

--adj. 2 whole, entire, complete, full, gross, overall,<br />

comprehensive: Total rainfall in that area is only three inches<br />

per annum. 3 complete, unalloyed, unmitigated, unqualified,<br />

unconditional, utter, out-and-out, thorough, thoroughgoing,<br />

perfect, outright, downright, all-out, absolute: My son is a<br />

total failure in everything he attempts.<br />

--v. 4 add (up), tot up, sum up, reckon, compute: Please total<br />

my bill. 5 amount to, add up to, come to, mount up to: The<br />

bill totals twice the amount I paid yesterday.<br />

totalitarian<br />

adj. absolute, absolutist, arbitrary, authoritarian,<br />

autocratic, dictatorial, Fascist(ic), undemocratic, illiberal,<br />

monolithic, Nazi, oppressive, despotic, tyrannical: Sooner or<br />

later, totalitarian governments get overthrown.<br />

totality n. total, aggregate, sum (total), whole, entirety, beginning<br />

and end, alpha and omega, be-all and end-all: The totality of<br />

his interests lies in watching soap operas on TV.<br />

totally adv. completely, utterly, entirely, fully, unqualifiedly,<br />

unconditionally, perfectly, absolutely, thoroughly, wholly,<br />

consummately: We then decided on a totally different approach.<br />

The weather was totally awful.<br />

totter v. waver, topple, falter, tremble, teeter, sway, rock, stagger,<br />

stumble, wobble, quiver, shake, quake, shiver, dodder: He<br />

seemed to totter a bit as he left the pub.<br />

touch v. 1 put (one's) hand on, feel, handle: She leant forward and<br />

touched my hand. 2 bring into contact with, apply, put, set:<br />

He touched a match to the fuse and ran. 3 Sometimes, touch (up)<br />

against. be in contact (with), border, adjoin, meet, come up or<br />

be (up) against, push or press or lean (up) against, brush or<br />

rub (up) against, come or be together, abut: The ladder is

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