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/ɪnˈtaɪə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWhole; complete.
adjHaving a smooth margin without any indentation.
Sentence Examples
Regardless of the amount, Brian wants the correct, entire amount by next week.
During the vacation, I read the entire works of Milton.
We have spent our entire allocation for the year.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ village was evacuated before the floodwaters arrived.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I was so hungry that I ate the ____ pizza by myself in ten minutes.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]"
— 1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 415–416:
"Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire."
— 1899, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volumes 6-8, page 192:
"On top of that, he was entire, which meant his bloodline could carry on."
— 2018, Markus Zusak, Bridge of Clay, page 423:
"See now, whether pure fear and entire cowardice doth not make thee / wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with us."
— c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
"No man had ever a heart more entire to the king."
— 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ village was evacuated before the floodwaters arrived.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I was so hungry that I ate the ____ pizza by myself in ten minutes.