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

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Verb group 2

Add 84% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Add 84% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Similar meaning 4

Complete 84% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Complete 84% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Whole 84% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Whole 84% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Manner of action 3

Average 76% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outnumber 76% connected

To exceed in number.

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Broader term 9

Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Count 76% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Damage 76% connected

Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enumerate 76% connected

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Numerate 76% connected

To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quantity 76% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Unit 76% connected

A single thing or person.

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Whole 76% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 20

Addable 74% connected

Addible.

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Addable 74% connected

Addible.

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Adder 74% connected

One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adder 74% connected

One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Addible 74% connected

Capable of being added.

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Addible 74% connected

Capable of being added.

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Additive 74% connected

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

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Additive 74% connected

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

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Amount 74% connected

To go up; to ascend.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Amount 74% connected

To go up; to ascend.

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Linear 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Linear 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sum 74% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sum 74% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Summation 74% connected

The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Summation 74% connected

The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tally 74% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tally 74% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Totality 74% connected

The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Totality 74% connected

The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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See also 2

Add 66% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Add 66% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Synonym 11

Add 92% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Aggregate 92% connected

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Amount 92% connected

To go up; to ascend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Come 92% connected

of Come

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Entire 92% connected

Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, igno…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Full 92% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Number 92% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sum 92% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tally 92% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tot 92% connected

Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Totality 92% connected

The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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