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(adjective) including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "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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Antonyms: fractional |
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(adjective) (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters" |
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Antonyms: half |
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(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the repairman simply replaced the unit" |
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Synonyms: unit, whole thing |
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Related Words: aggregate, entity, hole, item, something, sum, total, totality |
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(noun) all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" |
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Related Words: complex, composite, compound, concept, conception, construct, unit |
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(satellite adjective) exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" |
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Synonyms: hale |
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(adverb) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "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"; (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly' as in "a whole new idea") |
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Synonyms: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, wholly |
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