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11whole — whole1 W1S1 [həul US houl] adj [: Old English; Origin: hal healthy, unhurt, complete ] 1.) [only before noun] all of something = ↑entire ▪ You have your whole life ahead of you! ▪ His whole attitude bugs me. ▪ We ate the whole cake in about ten… …
12whole — whole1 [ houl ] adjective *** 1. ) all of something: His whole body was trembling. My whole family came to watch me playing in the concert. The whole process will take months. the whole thing: Come on let s just forget the whole thing. the whole… …
13whole — 1 adjective 1 all of something; entire: You have your whole life ahead of you! | His whole attitude bugs me. | the whole school/country/village etc (=all the people in a school, country etc): The whole school meets together once a week. | the… …
14whole — I UK [həʊl] / US [hoʊl] adjective *** 1) all of something His whole body was trembling. My whole family came to watch me playing in the concert. The whole process will take months. the whole thing: Come on, let s just forget the whole thing. the… …
15whole — [[t]ho͟ʊl[/t]] ♦ wholes 1) QUANT: QUANT of def n If you refer to the whole of something, you mean all of it. He has said he will make an apology to the whole of Asia for his country s past behaviour... I was cold throughout the whole of my body …
16whole*/*/*/ — [həʊl] adj I 1) all of something Syn: entire My whole family came to watch me playing in the concert.[/ex] The whole process will take months.[/ex] Come on, let s just forget the whole thing.[/ex] She told Tilly the whole story.[/ex] 2) not… …
17whole — wholeness, n. /hohl/, adj. 1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance. 2. containing all the elements properly… …
18whole — adj. & n. adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a plate left whole). 2 not less than; all there is of; entire, complete (waited a whole year; tell the whole truth; the whole school… …
19whole — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English hāl; akin to Old High German heil healthy, unhurt, Old Norse heill, Old Church Slavic cělŭ Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) free of wound or injury ; unhurt… …
20whole — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) The complete thing Nouns 1. whole, totality, totalness, integrity; entirety, ensemble, collectiveness; unity, completeness, indivisibility, integration, embodiment; integer. 2. the whole, all, everything …
