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whole
[hohl]
adjective
comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total.
He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:containing all the elements properly belonging; complete.
We have a whole set of antique china.
undivided; in one piece.
to swallow a thing whole.
Mathematics.integral, or not fractional.
not broken, damaged, or impaired; intact.
Thankfully, the vase arrived whole.
Synonyms: ,uninjured or unharmed; sound.
He was surprised to find himself whole after the crash.
pertaining to all aspects of human nature, especially one's physical, intellectual, and spiritual development.
education for the whole person.
noun
the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number.
He accepted some of the parts but rejected the whole.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:a thing complete in itself, or comprising all its parts or elements.
an assemblage of parts associated or viewed together as one thing; a unitary system.
whole
/ əʊ /
adjective
containing all the component parts necessary to form a total; complete
a whole apple
constituting the full quantity, extent, etc
uninjured or undamaged
healthy
having no fractional or decimal part; integral
a whole number
of, relating to, or designating a relationship established by descent from the same parents; full
whole brothers
informalentirely without a factual basis
adverb
in an undivided or unbroken piece
to swallow a plum whole
noun
all the parts, elements, etc, of a thing
an assemblage of parts viewed together as a unit
a thing complete in itself
considered altogether; completely
taking all things into consideration
in general
Other 51Թ Forms
- wholeness noun
- self-whole adjective
- ˈɳDZԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whole1
Idioms and Phrases
as a whole, all things included or considered; altogether.
As a whole, the relocation seems to have been beneficial.
on / upon the whole,
in view of all the circumstances; after consideration.
There were upsides and downsides, but on the whole I thought it best to make the trip now rather than later.
disregarding exceptions; in general.
On the whole, the neighborhood is improving.
out of whole cloth, without foundation in fact; fictitious.
a story made out of whole cloth.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"I meal plan too, based on what's on offer, so if I notice a whole roast chicken is on offer, I'm going to have that for dinner that week which helps keep costs down."
But along the whole coast, a total of 14 boats had made it to sea, carrying 919 people to the UK.
“The whole thing, the way that it happened, it really was truly insane,” she said.
“There are days that you forget about this whole thing because we moved on — kind of, sort of,” Jean Malki, one of the victims, told The Times a few weeks before the indictment was unsealed.
Princiotti argues that Beyoncé’s success on the pop charts opened doors for hip-hop and R&B artists, which had a seismic impact on culture as a whole.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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