Term: entire





entire (adjective) /ɪnˈtaɪər/
Similar to: whole; complete; total; intact; unbroken; full
Definition: Consisting of the whole amount, extent, or duration of something; with no part left out or omitted.
Translation: viss, vesels, pilnīgs

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
entire (adjective)
1.
having no element or part left out - whole was alone the entire day
2.
complete in degree - total their entire devotion to their family
3.
a) consisting of one piece
b) - homogeneous unmixed
c) - intact strove to keep the collection entire
4.
not castrated
5.
having the margin continuous or free from indentations - an entire leaf whole, perfect
entire (noun)
1.
archaic the whole - entirety
2.
- stallion
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
entire (adjective)
1.
not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern
SYNONYMS:
all, concentrated, entire, exclusive, focused ( focussed), undivided
RELATED WORDS:
absolute, complete, full, lump, teetotal, thorough, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unqualified, utter; comprehensive, intact, integral, perfect, unbroken
NEAR ANTONYMS:
deficient, fragmental, fragmentary, halfway, incomplete, partial
diffuse, divided, scattered
entire (adjective)
2.
not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it
SYNONYMS:
compleat, comprehensive, entire, full, grand, intact, integral, perfect, plenary, total, whole
RELATED WORDS:
unabridged, uncut, undiminished; all-out, exhaustive, extensive, maximal; full-blooded, full-blown, full-bore, full-fledged, full-on, full-out, full-scale
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abbreviated, abridged, cut, diminished, reduced
imperfect, incomplete, partial
entire (adverb)
to a full extent or degree
SYNONYMS:
all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb, quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide
RELATED WORDS:
absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly; basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially; abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly
NEAR ANTONYMS:
barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially; approximately, roughly, somewhat
half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly
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