entire
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en·tire
(ĕn-tīr') 
adj.
adj.
- Having no part excluded or left out; whole: I read the entire book. See synonyms at whole.
- With no reservations or limitations; complete: gave us his entire attention.
- All in one piece; intact.
- Of one piece; continuous.
- Not castrated.
- Botany. Not having an indented margin: an entire leaf.
- Unmixed or unalloyed; pure or homogenous.
- The whole; the entirety.
- An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
[Middle English, from Old French entier, from Latin integrum, neuter of integer.]
entireness en·tire'ness n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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entire
adjective
- Including every constituent or individual: all, complete, gross, total, whole. See part/whole.
- Lacking nothing essential or normal: complete, full, intact, integral, perfect, whole. See part/whole.
- Not more or less: complete, full, good, perfect, round, whole. See part/whole, precise/imprecise.
- 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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entire
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Definition: complete, whole
Antonyms: abridged, incomplete, limited, part
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A term used to describe leaves that have a smooth edge with no teeth or lobes.
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IN BRIEF: Complete. Also: Not broken, weakened or lessened.
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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A term used in reference to an uncastrated animal, male or female.
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- In philately, see Cover
- In mathematics, see Entire function
- In animal fancy and animal husbandry, entire indicates that an animal has not been desexed, that is, spayed or neutered
- In botany, an entire leaf is a single whole leaf which is not divided into leaflets
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Entire
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
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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