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Tote

Definition: Tote

Tote

Noun

1. A capacious bag or basket.

Verb

1. Carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tote" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references)


Abbreviations & Acronyms: Tote

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

TOTE

EnglishTeleprocessing On-line Test ExecutiveN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Tote

Synonyms: carryall (n), holdall (n), tote bag (n), lug (v), tug (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: totalisator (public administration).

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Synonyms within Context: Tote

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Transference

Verb: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote; port, import, export.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Tote

English words defined with "tote": Toted, Toting. (references)
Specialty definitions using "tote": BAND CUTTER, BAND TUMBLER, BAND-SAW OPERATOR, BUCKSHOT-SWAGE OPERATOR, BURNING-PLANT OPERATORCARTON-FORMING-MACHINE TENDERDIP-LUBE OPERATOR, dip-tube assembler, machinefield return repairergolf-club matcher, GOLF-CLUB WEIGHERMACHINE-MADE-SHOE UNIT WORKERpinmaker, production repairerSPAGHETTI-MACHINE OPERATOR, STRAIGHT-PIN-MAKING-MACHINE OPERATORTHERMOSTAT REPAIRER, toy stuffer. (references)
Etymologies containing "tote": toter. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Tote" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (casualty, dead, dead person, fatality), Manx (whole), Maori (salt).

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Modern Usage: Tote

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Tote the guns (I'm a Thug; performing artist: Trick Daddy)

Movie/TV Titles

Tatort - Tote brauchen keine Wohnung (1973)

Polizeiruf 110 - Der Tote im Fließ (1972)

Tatort - Kressin und der tote Mann im Fleet (1971)

Die Tote aus der Themse (1971)

Tote reden nicht (1963)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tote

DomainTitle

Books

  • Pets, a tuffy tote book (reference)

  • Thank Heaven for Little Boys Extra Large Gift Tote Bag (reference)

  • The Total Tote Bag Book: Designer Totes to Craft and Carry (reference)

  • Tote Board Its Alive and Well (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Tote

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Tote

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

The bag from the net is emptied into the tote. The fish are juvenile rockfish. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A tray full of juvenile rockfish after the net is emptied into the tote for sampling. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Von dem mislungenen kommunistenputsch in Wien: blutiger zusammenstos der Kommunisten mit der polizei am Schottentor-Votivpark-Währingerstrase, wobei es 17 tote und 100 verwundete gab. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Tote dat barge! Lift dat Boycott! Ride dat bus!" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hier stand noch vor 1 Minute ein Atomkraftwerk : eine Reaktorenexplosion, 30 Millionen Tote. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tote

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Take a backpack or tote bag containing cleanup supplies and a change of clothing with you everywhere. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Tote

"Tote" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Tote" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)66.67%2865,706
Lexical Verb (base form)16.67%7133,076
Noun (proper)14.29%6143,867
Lexical Verb (infinitive)2.38%1339,140
                    Total100.00%42N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Tote

The following table summarizes the usage of "tote" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ToteLast name17048,993
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Tote

Expressions using "tote": tote bag tote ticket tote up. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "tote": tote-bag, tote-betting, tote-boxes, tote-pan, Tote-portland.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tote

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tote bag

770

personalized tote bag

23

tote

281

wholesale canvas tote bag

21

canvas tote bag

203

goat tote

19

sport tote

85

bag collection garment hallmark luggage pullman tote

19

liner tote

65

burberry tote

18

canvas tote

55

tote box

18

tote bag pattern

53

dog tote

18

beach tote

51

rv tote tank

17

leather tote bag

50

tote vision

17

wine tote

49

beach tote bag

16

tote tank

36

teacher tote bag

16

bag fashion tote

34

quilted tote bag

15

gote tote

33

tote umbrella

14

bag free pattern tote

31

computer tote

14

designer tote bag

30

tote rack

14

wholesale tote bag

29

promotional tote bag

13

tv tote

29

travel tote

13

fabric tote bag

29

moto tote

13

gucci tote

28

toile tote bag

12

leather tote

26

bag straw tote

12

make tote bag

12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Tote

Language Translations for "tote"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

totalizator (totalizator), ngarkesë (arrival, batch, burden, cargo, charge, consignment, freightage, goods, haul, lading, load, loading, shipment, stowage, weight), mbart (bear, carry, portage, transport), mbajtje (delivery, deterrence, grip, gripe, hold, holding, keeping, maintenance, occupancy, prehension, preservation, retention, support, tenure, wear), mbaj armë, bartje (conveyance, haul, locomotion). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نقل (alien, alienate, assign, bandy, carriage, carry, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, copy, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, handling, pass on, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, take away, transfer, transference, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation), ‏حمل (bear, bearing, burden, carriage, carry, carry on, charge, conception, deck, hold, hump, knock up, lade, lamb, lifting, load, portage, pregnancy, take, yeanling). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

товар (bulk, burden, burthen, charge, encumbrance, fardel, freight, freightage, goods, imposition, lading, load, loading, tax, tie, weight), голяма пазарска чанта (tote bag), голяма пазарска торба, влача (drag, draggle, draw, haul, lug, snake, trail), нося оръжие, мъкна (cart, haul, lop). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

搬运. (various references)

   

Czech

  

tahat (drag, pull, tear), vozit (carry, ferry), nosit (carry, wear). (various references)

   

Danish

  

totalisatorvogn (totalizator van, tote van). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

paardentotalisator (horse-racing totalisator). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مجموع (Aggregate, Altogether, Ensemble, Lump, Total, Totality), حمل ونقل کردن (Carry), سوق دادن (Actuate, Lead, Propel), جمع کردن (Add, Agglomerate, Aggregate, Callup, Cluster, Collect, Constrict, Convene, Eke, Gather, Gross, Immobilize, In, Purse, Reef, Rollup, Total), باربردن , برپشت حمل کردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

totalisaattori (totalizator). (various references)

   

French

  

transporter, porter. (various references)

   

German

  

tragen (absorb, back, barrows, be carrying, be pregnant, bear, born, borne, carry, carrying, contain, crop, defray, display, endure, pack, pass on, produce, shoulder, spread, stretchers, support, sustain, take, take weight, to absorb, to carry, to wear, waft, wear, yield), totalisator (totalisator, totalizer), schleppen (be carrying, drag, dragging, haul, haul up, haulage, heave, hump, lug, schlep, schlepp, tow, towing, trail, wear continually), bei sich haben. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύρω (draw, pull, trail, train), βαστάζω (carry, hold, sustain), φέρω (bear, bring, conduct, fetch, half). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

totalizatõr (totalizator, totalizer), szállítás (carriage, carrying, conveyance, freightage, haul, haulage, portage, porterage, putting, shipping, supply, trans, transport, transportation, waftage), cipel (bear, bore, borne, carry, to bear, to carry, to lug, to tote). (various references)

   

Italian

  

trascinare (actuate, carry back, drag, drag on, draw, draw oneself along, fascinate, grind, haul, haul off, haulage, lead away, lug, pull, pull along, schlep, sharpen, shuffle, sweep, take in tow, tow, tow off, trail, tug), totalizzatore (totaliser, totalizer). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

デ杯 (bathroom, Davis Cup, lavatory, prerecorded announcement, restroom, talk, talk show, talkie, Taurus, tautology, toad, toast, toaster, tochka, toe, toe dance, toe kick, toeshows, together, Togo, toilet, toilet case, toilet paper, toilet powder, toilet soap, toiletry, Tokaji, Tokamak, Tokay, token, tokenism, toll, tollgate, tonal, tonality, tone, tone down, tooth, torch, torch lamp, torch relay, tornado, torus, total, Total Energy System, total fashion, total look, total product, totalizator system, tote bag, totem, totem pole, totemism, tournament, tournament pro, toxoplasma, true, try for point, tutti). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

トートバッグ (tote bag). (various references)

   

Manx

  

earrooder gioal. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otetay

   

Portuguese

  

transportar (barge, carry forward, cart, convey, drive, elate, freight, transfer, transport, transpose), totalizador (totalizator, totalizer), carregar (bear, burden, carry, carrying, charge, convey, download, freight, heap, lade, load, shot, stoke, tamp, wear), caixa registradora (cash register, totalizator, totalizer). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тянуть (drag, drag out, draw, extend, haul, heave, protract, pull, pulled, round in, tug), тотализатор (pari mutuel, parimutuel, pari-mutuel, sweepstake, sweepstakes, totalizator), тащить (daggle, drag, draw, haul, lug, manhandle, pull, schlepp, toted, toting, tow, tug). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

totalizator (totalizator, totalizer), sabirač (totalizer), prevoziti (haul, transport), nositi (bear, bring, buffet, carry, have, hold, pack, take, waft, wear). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

totalizador (Pari-mutuel, totalizator), tomar a (assume, cup, imbed, walk off), portar, llevar (bear, bear out, blow, bring, bring along, bring around, bring round, carry, carry off, carry on, cart, convey, deliver, drive, encroach on, enter up, ferryboat, fetch, have, have on, heave, hump, hunch, keep, lead, live, live through, live up, lug, model, run, see, spend, sport, take, take along, take over, transport, truck, trundle, tug, wash, wear, whip, whirl, whisk), acarrear (bring on, carry, cart, cause, entail, haul, involve, result in, ship, transport). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bära (bear, carry, crop, defray, hump, lead, pack, pay, ride, support, wear). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

toplayıcı (collector, picker, taker, totalizator, totalizer), taşımak (bear, bear away, carry, carry away, convey, haul, put across, relocate, remove, ride, run, stanchion, sustain, transport, waft, walk, wash, wear), üzerinde bulundurmak. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

тоталізатор (parimutuel, sweepstake, sweepstakes, totalizator), вантаж (burden, cargo, clog, consignment, embarkation, freightage, goods, lading, load, plummet, shipment, stowage, weight, weighting, welter), нести (carry), перевозити (bear, carry, carry over, convey, put across, ship, take over, transport), перевезення (carriage, carry, carrying, ferriage, portage, traffic, transit, transportation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Tote

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 24, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintTote oi en th ioudaia feugetwsan epi ta orh
Latin405VulgateTunc qui in Iudaea sunt fugiant ad montes
Old English990West SaxonFleon þanne to munten þa þe oniudea lande synt.
Middle English1395WyclifThanne thei that ben in Judee, fle to the mounteyns; and he that is in the hous roof,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThen let them which be in Iury flye into the moutaynes.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThen let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Victorian English1833WebsterThen let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains:
Basic English1964OgdenThen let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Tote

LanguageMatthew Chapter 24, Verse 16
Cebuanonan, sila nga anha sa Judea pakalagiwa ngadto sa kabukiran;
Chinese那 時 、 在 猶 太 的 、 應 當 逃 到 山 上 .
Croatiankoji se tada zateknu u Judeji, neka bježe u gore;
Danishda skulle de, som ere i Judæa, fly ud på Bjergene;
DutchDat alsdan, die in Judea zijn, vlieden op de bergen;
Finnishsilloin ne, jotka Juudeassa ovat, paetkoot vuorille;
Frenchalors, que ceux qui seront en Judée fuient dans les montagnes;
Germanalsdann fliehe auf die Berge, wer im jüdischen Lande ist;
HungarianAkkor, a kik Júdeában lesznek, fussanak a hegyekre;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPada waktu itu, orang yang berada di Yudea harus lari ke pegunungan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamapada ketika itu orang yang di tanah Yudea hendaklah lari ke gunung;
Italianallora quelli che sono in Giudea fuggano ai monti,
Korean그 때 에 대 에 있 " 자 " 은 산 으 로 도 망 지 어 다
LatvianTad tie, kas Jûdejâ, lai bçg kalnos!
Manx GaelicEisht lhig dauesyn t'ayns Judea chea gys ny sleityn.
MaoriKo reira kia rere te hunga i Huria ki nga maunga:
Norwegianda må de som er i Judea, fly til fjells,
Portugueseentão os que estiverem na Judéia fujam para os montes;   
Rumanianatunci, cei ce vor fi kn Iudea, sq fugq la munyi;
ShuarAshí shuar Jutía nunkanam írunna nu, muranam pisararti.
Spanishentonces los que estén en Judea huyan a los montes.
Swahilihapo, walioko Yudea na wakimbilie milimani.
Swedishdå må de som äro i Judeen fly bort till bergen,
Umaagina tauna to mo'oha' hi Yudea metibo' hilou hi bulu' -na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Tote

Derivations

Words beginning with "tote": toted, totem, totemic, totemism, totemisms, totemist, totemistic, totemists, totemite, totemites, totems, toter, toters, totes. (additional references)

Words ending with "tote": asymptote. (additional references)

Words containing "tote": asymptotes, autotelic, autotetraploid, autotetraploidies, autotetraploids, autotetraploidy, cytotechnologies, cytotechnologist, cytotechnologists, cytotechnology, leptotene, leptotenes, litotes, phototelegraphies, phototelegraphy. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Tote" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oote, otet, ott, otte, tata, tatay, tati, tatoe, Teti, tette, tewte, tfta, thote, tita, tite, titi, titte, titu, toate, tobe, toche, tode, todi, todt, toet, tofe, toge, tohe, toite, toktok, Toltec, tomte, Tonteg, tooe, toote, tooten, toothe, tooti, tootie, tootle, tooty, topten, toqe, toshe, Toshie, tosta, toste, Totah, totar, totel, toten, Totev, toth, tothe, t'other, toti, tott, Tottel, totten, Tottey, totti, totto, totu, totue, totz, toute, tove, towte, toxe, toye, trote, tt, tte, tti, tto, ttok, ttow, ttt, ttu, tuite, tuta, tute, tutel, Tuten, Tuti, tuto, tutta, tutto, tyte, Tytti, zote. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tote"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "tote" (pronounced tō"t)
2-ō" tafloat, bloat, boat, Capote, coat, connote, Cote, demote, denote, devote, dote, float, gloat, goat, groat, haute, misquote, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, remote, rewrote, rote, throat, underwrote, unquote, vote, wrote.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Tote

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-o-t-t"

-1 letter: tet, toe, tot.

-2 letters: et, oe, to.

 Words containing the letters "e-o-t-t"
 

+1 letter: lotte, motet, motte, octet, otter, petto, rotte, torte, toted, totem, toter, totes.

 

+2 letters: bettor, bottle, cottae, cotter, dotted, dottel, dotter, dottle, extort, ghetto, gotten, hotted, hotter, jetton, jotted, jotter, lotted, lottes, motets, mottes, mottle, notate, obtect, obtest, octets, oftest, otters, outate, outeat, outlet, outset, potent, potted, potter, pottle, retort, rotate, rotted, rotten, rotter, rottes, setout, sotted, teapot, tenuto, teston, tiptoe, togate, toilet, toited, tonlet, tooted, tooter, tootle, toquet, torten, tortes, totems, toters, tother, totted, totter, touted, touter, wotted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tote


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 6F 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    ---    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01101111 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#111 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 006F 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54818671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Bible Trace
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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