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Dictionary: en·tire   (ĕn-tīr') pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Having no part excluded or left out; whole: I read the entire book. See synonyms at whole.
  2. With no reservations or limitations; complete: gave us his entire attention.
  3. All in one piece; intact.
  4. Of one piece; continuous.
  5. Not castrated.
  6. Botany. Not having an indented margin: an entire leaf.
  7. Unmixed or unalloyed; pure or homogenous.
n.
  1. The whole; the entirety.
  2. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.

[Middle English, from Old French entier, from Latin integrum, neuter of integer.]

entireness en·tire'ness n.
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adjective

  1. Including every constituent or individual: all, complete, gross, total, whole. See part/whole.
  2. Lacking nothing essential or normal: complete, full, intact, integral, perfect, whole. See part/whole.
  3. Not more or less: complete, full, good, perfect, round, whole. See part/whole, precise/imprecise.
  4. In excellent condition: flawless, good, intact, perfect, sound2, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, whole. See thrive/fail/exist.

 
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adj

Definition: complete, whole
Antonyms: abridged, incomplete, limited, part


 

A term used in reference to an uncastrated animal, male or female.

 

A term used to describe leaves that have a smooth edge with no teeth or lobes.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Complete. Also: Not broken, weakened or lessened.

pronunciation The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. — Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).

 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hel, komplet, absolut, intakt, ukastreret, helrandet, ren
n. - ukastreret handyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
compleet, geheel, uit één stuk, gaaf, niet gecastreerd, puur, dekhengst

Français (French)
adj. - entier, complet, total, absolu, intégral, intact
n. - l'ensemble, la totalité (arch), étalon

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ganz, vollständig
n. - Ganze, Ganzheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (απαξ)άπας, όλος, πλήρης, απόλυτος, ακέραιος, ολάκερος, ολόκληρος, μονοκόμματος

Italiano (Italian)
intero

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inteiro

Русский (Russian)
весь, полный, целый, неповрежденный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - entero, cabal, completo, íntegro, todo, total
n. - entero, cabal, completo, íntegro, todo, total

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hel, odelad, total

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
全体的, 全部的, 完全的, 全部, 整体

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 全體的, 全部的, 完全的
n. - 全部, 整體

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전체의, 거세되지 않은
n. - 순수한 것, 거세하지 않은 말

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 全体の, 全部そろった, 完全な, 壊れていない, 全くの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كلي, تام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלם, מלא, גמור, רצוף, מוחלט, לא-מסורס‬
n. - ‮חיה לא-מסורסת‬


 
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