English to English adjective
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including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete | Example:
• 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 | Example:
• whole brothers and sisters
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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. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite source: wordnet30
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exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health | Example:
• hale and hearty • whole in mind and body • a whole person again
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acting together as a single undiversified whole | Example:
• a solid voting bloc
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to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') | Example:
• he was wholly convinced • entirely satisfied with the meal • it was completely different from what we expected • was completely at fault • a totally new situation • the directions were all wrong • it was not altogether her fault • an altogether new approach • a whole new idea
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all of something including all its component elements or parts | Example:
• Europe considered as a whole • the whole of American literature
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an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Example:
• how big is that part compared to the whole? • the team is a unit
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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. | source: webster1913
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