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- Dictionarywhole/həʊl/
adjective
- 1. all of; entire: "he spent the whole day walking" Similar Opposite
- 2. in an unbroken or undamaged state; in one piece: "owls usually swallow their prey whole" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a thing that is complete in itself: "the subjects of the curriculum form a coherent whole" Similar
- 2. all of something: "the effects will last for the whole of his life" Similar
adverb
- 1. used to emphasize the novelty or distinctness of something: informal "the man who's given a whole new meaning to the term ‘cowboy’"
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complete or not divided: I spent the whole day cleaning. There's still a whole month till my birthday. After my exercise class, my whole body ached. The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake. whole thing This whole thing (= situation) is ridiculous. whole time Bill does nothing but complain the whole time (= all the time).
: having all its proper parts or components : complete, unmodified. whole milk. a whole egg.
Whole definition: comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total. See examples of WHOLE used in a sentence.
Something that exists in its entirety is whole. If there are eight slices of pizza and you eat half, you've eaten four of them. If you eat the whole pizza, you've somehow managed to eat all eight slices. In terms of mental or physical health, whole describes someone who is healthy or uninjured.
complete or not divided: I spent the whole day cleaning. There's still a whole month till my birthday. After my exercise class, my whole body ached. The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake. whole thing This whole thing (= situation) is ridiculous. whole time Bill does nothing but complain the whole time (= all the time).
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. adv. Informal. Entirely; wholly: a whole new idea. Idioms: as a whole.
Definition of whole adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
