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entire
[ en-tahyuhr ]
adjective
He wrote the entire novel in only six weeks.
Antonyms: partial
- full or thorough:
He has been given entire freedom of choice in this matter.
- not broken, mutilated, or decayed; intact:
We were fortunate to find this relic entire.
Antonyms: defective
- unimpaired or undiminished:
His entire energies have gone into making the enterprise a success.
- being wholly of one piece; undivided; continuous:
The entire mood of the symphony was joyful.
- Botany. without notches or indentations, as leaves.
- not gelded:
an entire horse.
- Obsolete. wholly of one kind; unmixed or pure.
noun
- Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- an ungelded animal, especially a stallion.
entire
/ ɪnˈtaɪə /
adjective
- prenominal whole; complete
the entire project is going well
- prenominal without reservation or exception; total
you have my entire support
- not broken or damaged; intact
- consisting of a single piece or section; undivided; continuous
- (of leaves, petals, etc) having a smooth margin not broken up into teeth or lobes
- not castrated
an entire horse
- obsolete.of one substance or kind; unmixed; pure
noun
- a less common word for entirety
- an uncastrated horse
- philately
- a complete item consisting of an envelope, postcard, or wrapper with stamps affixed
- (of a stamp) placed on an envelope, postcard, etc, and bearing postal directions
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Derived Forms
- enˈtireness, noun
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Other Words From
- en·tireness noun
- suben·tire adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of entire1
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Example Sentences
You cannot take your eyes off her for the entire film, as she vamps about, chewing up scenery and spitting out hearts.
She had been, he says, the backbone of their family and losing her shifted their entire emotional landscape.
“The tribe is really made of people who put travel as a priority in their entire lifestyle,” says Evita.
For nearly her entire life Beyoncé has been giving us her blood, sweat, and tears in her career.
The Stormfront crowd offers its own helpful political advice, not only for Scalise but also for the entire GOP.
Besides this fundamental or primary vibration, the movement divides itself into segments, or sections, of the entire length.
A characteristic which distinguished them and which impressed Mrs. Pontellier most forcibly was their entire absence of prudery.
But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.
They also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
A resolute push for quite a short period now might reconstruct the entire basis of our collective human life.
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