entire

CEFRB1

/ɪnˈtaɪə/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Including every part or member; whole.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

Examples

  • During the vacation, I read the entire works of Milton.

  • Regardless of the amount, Brian wants the correct, entire amount by next week.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Having a smooth margin without any indentation.

  2. Whole; complete.

  3. Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.

More examples

In context

  • We have spent our entire allocation for the year.

  • We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.

  • Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and integer.