entire

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes) Whole; complete.
2. (not-comparable) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
3. (not-comparable) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
4. (not-comparable) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
5. (not-comparable) Not gelded.
6. (not-comparable) Morally whole; pure; sheer.
7. (not-comparable) Internal; interior.

Noun

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The whole of something; the entirety.
2. (countable, uncountable) An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
3. (countable, uncountable) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
4. (countable, uncountable) Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.

Opposite of

partial, incomplete

Synonyms

whole

complete

all

total

full

overall

intact

integral

perfect

unbroken

plenary

everything

every

🔁

entirety

stallion

thorough

altogether

entirely

unimpaired

gross

global

completely

all kinds of

all of

aggregate

universal

livelong

integer

totality

undivided

format

filled

completed

exactly

exact

out

much

everyone

bulk

a lot of

many

magnitude

lump

bare

itself

mature

integrate

numerous

ensemble

away

Translations

entier

intero

entero

ganz

tout

tutto

todo

completo

completo

geheel

integro

inteiro

complet

vollständig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈtaɪə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: entere

In summary

From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and integer.

Sentences

The next day , the entire population was ordered to evacuate the city .

Delta High School serves the entire district as its lone secondary school .

The entire route is within the city of Kempton Park .

But the entire town feels that Bujji has eloped with Krishnaveni.

The entire family is endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia .

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