WHOLE
\hˈə͡ʊl], \hˈəʊl], \h_ˈəʊ_l]\
Definitions of WHOLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
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including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
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(of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters"
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all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
By Princeton University
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an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
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all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
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(of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.
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Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
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Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.
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The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
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A regular combination of parts; a system.
By Oddity Software
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Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.
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Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
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Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.
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The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
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A regular combination of parts; a system.
By Noah Webster.
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Containing all the parts; complete; entire; not defective or broken; hale and sound in body; intact; not fractional: said of a number.
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Wholeness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Wholeness.
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Sound, as in health (so in B.): unimpaired: containing the total amount, number, etc.: all: not defective: complete.
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The entire thing: a system or combination of parts.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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