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toto

n. uncountable
C2 Proficiency US //ˈtoʊtoʊ// to·to

n. the whole amount of something. It is almost always used in the phrase 'in toto' to mean completely or entirely.

n. the whole or entirety of something. Primarily encountered within the Latin loan-phrase 'in toto', where it functions as an adverbial meaning 'completely' or 'as a whole'.


SIMPLE

The committee rejected the proposal in toto.

CONTEXTUAL

Rather than editing specific chapters, the publisher decided to scrap the original manuscript in toto and start over.

COMPLEX

The legal team argued that the contract was invalid in toto, asserting that a single illegal clause rendered the entire agreement unenforceable.

Usage

Almost exclusively used in the prepositional phrase 'in toto'.

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