Whole - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |həʊl|  American pronunciation of the word whole
Brit.  |həʊl|  British pronunciation of the word whole

noun

- all of something including all its component elements or parts
Europe considered as a whole
the whole of American literature
- an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity (syn: unit)
how big is that part compared to the whole?

adjective

- not injured or harmed (syn: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed)
- exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health (syn: hale)
whole in mind and body
a whole person again
- acting together as a single undiversified whole (syn: solid, unanimous)

adverb

- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') (syn: all, altogether, completely, entirely, right, totally, wholly)
a whole new idea

Extra examples

The doctor assured me that the whole procedure would only take a few minutes.

The whole place was remodeled. It looks great now.

It's been a whole week since I've seen him.

I spent the whole summer traveling through Europe.

The whole evening was a great success.

She read the whole book in one day.

I've been waiting my whole life for this.

We decided to forget the whole thing.

We cooked a whole chicken.

The community center offers a whole range of programs.

...the landlord eventually refunded the whole of our deposit...

We cooked the chicken whole.

The frog swallowed the fly whole.

He related his whole adventure from beginning to end.

One whole man is enough to take care of a wounded one.

Word forms

noun
singular: whole
plural: wholes
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