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(hōl)

1. Containing all components; complete: a whole wardrobe for the tropics.
2. Not divided or disjoined; in one unit: a whole loaf.
3. Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration: The baby cried the whole trip home.
4. 1. Not wounded, injured, or impaired; sound or unhurt: Many escaped the fire frightened but whole.
   2. Having been restored; healed: After the treatment he felt whole.
5. Having the same parents: a whole sister.

1. A number, group, set, or thing lacking no part or element; a complete thing.
2. An entity or system made up of interrelated parts: The value of the whole was greater than the sum of its parts.

as a whole

1. All parts or aspects considered; altogether: disliked the acting but enjoyed the play as a whole.

1. Considering everything: on the whole, a happy marriage.
2. In most instances or cases; as a rule: can expect sunny weather, on the whole.

[Middle English hole, unharmed, from Old English hāl.]

SYNONYMS   whole, all, entire, gross, total. These adjectives mean including every constituent or individual: a whole town devastated by an earthquake; all the class going on a field trip; entire shipments lost by the distributor; gross income; the total cost.
ANTONYM  partial

adjective

1. Including every constituent or individual: all, complete, entire, gross, total. See part/whole.
2. Lacking nothing essential or normal: complete, entire, full, intact, integral, perfect. See part/whole.
3. Not diffused or dispersed: concentrated, exclusive, intensive, undivided, unswerving. See collect/distribute, edge/center, part/whole.
4. Not more or less: complete, entire, full, good, perfect, round. See part/whole, precise/imprecise.
5. In excellent condition: entire, flawless, good, intact, perfect, sound², unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred. See thrive/fail/exist.
6. Having good health: fit¹, hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, right, sound², well², wholesome. Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. See health/sickness.

noun

1. An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back: aggregate, all, entirety, everything, gross, sum, total, totality. Informal work (used in plural). Idioms: everythingbutexceptthe kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the wholeball of waxkit and caboodlemegillahnine yardsshebang. See part/whole.
2. An organized array of individual elements and parts forming and working as a unit: entity, integral, sum, system, totality. See part/whole.

Idioms beginning with whole:
whole hog
whole ball of wax, the
whole kit and caboodle, the
whole megillah
whole new ballgame, a
whole nine yards, the
whole shebang

See also as a whole; go whole hog; on the whole; out of whole cloth.

Definition: entire, complete
Antonyms: fractional, incomplete, part, partial

adj

Definition: healthy
Antonyms: hurt, impaired, sick, unhealthy

adj

Definition: unbroken, perfect
Antonyms: broken, deficient, imperfect, insufficient, partial

n

Definition: total made up of parts
Antonyms: part

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Whole
Directed by	Melody Gilbert
Produced by	Melody Gilbert
Music by	CXR[disambiguation needed]
Cinematography	Melody Gilbert
Editing by	Charlie Gerszewski
Distributed by	Sundance Channel
Release date(s)	May 2004
Running time	56 minutes
Language	English

Whole is a documentary about people with body integrity identity disorder. It first was broadcast on the Sundance Channel in 2004.^[1]

External links

• Whole at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.whole-documentary.com/

References

1. ^ Whole at IMDB

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Common misspelling(s) of whole

• wohle
• hwole

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hel, rask
n. - helhed, hele
adv. - hele

idioms:

• as a whole    som helhed
• on the whole    i det store hele, i det hele taget
• whole number    heltal
• whole-life insurance    fuld livsforsikring

Nederlands (Dutch)
heel, geheel, gaaf

Français (French)
adj. - tout entier, sous tous ses aspects, bien/vraiment, intact, complet
n. - tout, ensemble
adv. - tout entier

idioms:

• as a whole    en entier, en bloc, dans l'ensemble
• in whole    en entier
• on the whole    dans l'ensemble
• whole life insurance    assurance-vie
• whole number    nombre entier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ganzes
adj. - ganz
adv. - ganz

idioms:

• as a whole    als Ganzes
• in whole    im Großen und Ganzen, im Ganzen gesehen, alles in allem
• on the whole    in großen und ganzen
• whole life insurance    Ganzlebenversicherung
• whole number    ganze Zahl

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σύνολο, (το) όλον, ολότητα, ενότητα
adj. - ολόκληρος, ακέραιος, σύμπας, όλος, πλήρης, γερός, ακέραιος, αυτούσιος
adv. - ολόκληρο

idioms:

• as a whole    σαν σύνολο, συνολικά
• on the whole    γενικά/-ώς
• whole number    (μαθημ.) ακέραιος αριθμός
• whole-life insurance    (συνήθης) ασφάλεια ζωής (που ισχύει εφ' όρου ζωής)

Italiano (Italian)
il tutto, intero, intatto

idioms:

• as a whole    nell'insieme
• on the whole    complessivamente
• whole number    numero intero
• whole-life insurance    assicurazione per tutta la vita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - todo (m)
adj. - inteiro
adv. - de forma completa

idioms:

• as a whole    como um todo
• on the whole    no conjunto
• whole number    número inteiro (m)
• whole-life insurance    seguro de vida (m)

Русский (Russian)
целое, целый, полный, весь, невредимый, цельный, родной (в противоп. сводному), нетронутый

idioms:

• as a whole    в целом, в совокупности
• on the whole    в общем и целом, вообще
• whole number    целое число
• whole-life insurance    вид страхования, при кот. взносы выплачиваются до смерти

Español (Spanish)
adj. - todo, conjunto, completo, íntegro, sano, ileso, entero
n. - todo, total, conjunto, totalidad, suma
adv. - en total, en suma

idioms:

• as a whole    en conjunto, en su totalidad
• in whole    en conjunto, en su totalidad, en total
• on the whole    en general
• whole life insurance    seguro de vida total
• whole number    número entero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hel, helhet
adj. - hel, oskadd, frisk
adv. - helt, oskatt, friskt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
所有的, 完全的, 完整的, 全部, 整体, 全体, 完全, 整个

idioms:

• as a whole    作为一个整体, 整个看来
• on the whole    大体上, 基本上
• whole number    整数
• whole-life insurance    终身保险

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 所有的, 完全的, 完整的
n. - 全部, 整體, 全體
adv. - 完全, 整個

idioms:

• as a whole    作為一個整體, 整個看來
• on the whole    大體上, 基本上
• whole number    整數
• whole-life insurance    終身保險

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전부의, ~중 내내, 완전한
n. - 전체, 완전한 모습
adv. - 통째로, 건강하게

idioms:

• as a whole    전체로서, 총괄하여

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 全体の, まる…, 父母を同じくする, 完全な, 手を加えてない, 整数の, 全部の
adv. - 全面的に
n. - 全部, 全体, 完全なもの

idioms:

• as a whole    全体として
• not the whole story    それだけではない
• on the whole    全体から見て
• the whole hog    徹底的にやる
• whole grain    全粒
• whole number    整数
• with a whole skin    無傷で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جميع, كل (صفه) كامل, تام, صحيح (ظرف) جميعا, كاملا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלם, תמים, כל, מלא‬
n. - ‮שלמות, יחידה, אחד‬
adv. - ‮במלואו‬

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