entire

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈtaɪə/

Etymology

From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer, from in- (“not”) + tangō (“touch”). Doublet of integer.