Word Frequency
entire (ɪnˈtaɪə
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Definitions
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
Derived Forms
enˈtireness nounWord Origin
C14: from Old French entier, from Latin integer whole, from in-1 + tangere to touchSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = absolute, full, total, utter, outright, thorough, unqualified, unrestricted, undiminished, unmitigated, unreserved
Translations for 'entire'
- British English: entire You use entire when you want to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something.He spent his entire life in China working as a doctor.ɪnˈtaɪə ADJECTIVE
- Arabic: كَامِل
- Brazilian Portuguese: inteiro inteira
- Chinese: 全部的
- Croatian: čitav čitava
- Czech: celý
- Danish: hel
- Dutch: volledig
- European Spanish: entero entera
- Finnish: kokokaikki
- French: entier
- German: ganz
- Greek: ολόκληρος ολόκληρη
- Italian: intero intera
- Japanese: 全体の
- Korean: 전체의
- Norwegian: hel
- Polish: całkowity całkowita
- Portuguese: inteiro inteira
- Romanian: întreg întreagă, întregi
- Russian: целый целая
- Spanish: entero entera
- Swedish: fullständig fullständigt
- Thai: ทั้งหมด
- Turkish: bütüntamamı
- Ukrainian: цілий
- Vietnamese: toàn bộ
Example Sentences Including 'entire'
Certainly people are turning up in droves to pore over his displays of organs, limbs and entire bodies in various stages of disassembly.Irish Times (2002)
He bought an entire street for his family near Clwyd, North Wales.Glasgow Herald (2001)
In this respect, Microsoft argues, the GPL threatens the entire software industry.Irish Times (2002)
Indeed, the trust reports that, when they found it, the entire castle had vanished under scrub.Country Life (2005)
Lirael couldn't even imagine what sort of punishment required the presence of the entire Watch.LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
Next morning the entire household was woken by violent knocking.THE RIVAL QUEENS: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery (2002)
Probably his entire cricket career, he thought, thinking of his return to the Old Kingdom, only two months away.LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
They gazed in surprise at the photographs of Condit covering an entire wall.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Without warning, in the middle of the night, the entire crew heard a sickening crack.FATAL STORM (2001)
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