total time

Full elapsed period

Total time is the complete duration from start to finish, encompassing all phases or components of an activity.

In cooking, total time includes both prep time and cooking time.

In travel, it covers the entire journey including layovers and transfers.

What's the total time for this recipe?

The total time door-to-door was six hours.

Related

timetable · runtime · stopwatch · downtime · uptime · period · spacetime · hourglass · synchronization · itinerary · relativity · chronometry · calendar · appointment · agenda · allocation · decay rate · frequency

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Opposites
completeness of duration measured

total timesegment

Distinct part of whole

fragment · slice · subset

aggregation vs. subdivision

total timesplit time

Duration of race segment

lap time · interval · subtotal · single instance · time slice

completeness of duration

total timeelapsed time

Time that has passed

Family

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