(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group.
The companies have a ~ of 1,776 employees.
N-COUNT
2.
The ~ number or cost of something is the number or cost that you get when you add together or count all the parts in it.
The ~ cost of the project would be more than $240 million.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
If there are a number of things in ~, there are that number when you count or add them all together.
I was with my husband for eight years in ~...
PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR with cl, amount PHR
4.
If several numbers or things ~ a certain figure, that figure is the ~ of all the numbers or all the things.
The unit’s exports will ~ $85 million this year...
VERB: V amount
5.
When you ~ a set of numbers or objects, you add them all together.
They haven’t ~led the exact figures.
VERB: V n
6.
You can use ~ to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
Why should we trust a ~ stranger?...
= complete
ADJ: usu ADJ n emphasis
~ly
Young people want something ~ly different from the old ways...
= completely
ADV: ADV adj/adv, ADV with v