Whole \Whole\, n.

1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.

``This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. --J. Montgomery.

2. A regular combination of parts; a system.

Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope.

Committee of the whole. See under Committee.

Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions.

Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)