whole

whole
whole [hōl]
adj.
[ME (Midland) hool, for hol, hal < OE hal, healthy, whole, hale: akin to Ger heil, ON heill < IE base * kailo-, sound, uninjured, auspicious > Welsh coel, omen]
1.
a) in sound health; not diseased or injured
b) Archaic healed: said of a wound
2. not broken, damaged, defective, etc.; intact [a whole yolk]
3. containing all the elements or parts; entire; complete [a whole set, whole blood]
4. not divided up; in a single unit [a whole cheese]
5. constituting the entire amount, extent, number, etc. [the whole night]
6. having both parents in common [a whole brother]
7. in all aspects of one's being, including the physical, mental, social, etc. [the whole man]
8. Arith. integral and not mixed or fractional [28 is a whole number]
adv.
Informal completely; absolutely [a whole new ballgame]
n.
1. the entire amount, quantity, extent, or sum; totality [the whole of the estate]
2. a thing complete in itself, or a complete organization of integrated parts; a unity, entirety, or system
SYN.- COMPLETE
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as a whole
as a complete unit; altogether
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a whole lot of or a whole bunch of
Informal very many [they ate a whole lot of hamburgers]
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☆ made out of whole cloth
completely fictitious or false; made up
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on the whole
all things considered; in general
wholeness
n.

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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