Meanings
present singular third person tots up · participle present totting up · participle past totted up · past totted up
- transitiveTo calculate the sum of a number of numbers or quantities.
As soon as Debbie can tot up the scores, we'll know who won.
1 more example
Later, when Cora got a chance to tot up her sins for the day, she would vaguely recall hearing the protestors suddenly grow quiet and whisper to each other.
2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 1, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18
Synonyms & antonyms
verbdetermine the sum of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French additionner
- additionnerto calculate the sum of
Russian сумми́ровать, скла́дывать
- сумми́ровать (summírovatʹ)to calculate the sum of
- скла́дывать (skládyvatʹ)to calculate the sum of
- равня́ться (ravnjátʹsja)to add up to
Spanish adicionar
- adicionarto calculate the sum of
Cite this entry
tot up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tot%20up
“tot up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tot%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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