entire
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtaɪər/
- We have made that mistake for our entire college career.
- the entire population
- the entire class
- the entire community
And it stays that way the entire trip, right?
- And it stays that way the entire trip, right?
- That's how I think about my entire content strategy.
- They're trolling the entire world, the flat world.
- That's about the size of our entire National Guard.
- He smirks and eats an entire slice while grinning at me.
- My friend had been waiting his entire life to hear those words.
- And one of those ways is dropping your entire life for a man.
- Like we had this entire place all to ourselves.
- And also it's, it is their entire social world now.
Examples
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My friend had been waiting his entire life to hear those words.
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Like we had this entire place all to ourselves.
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It's been there the entire time doing its work.
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We're going to go through the entire text in six weeks.
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Listen, it takes time to share your entire life with your fans.
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For one thing, it involved the entire Greek nation.
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Many were able to return for a day or an entire weekend to participate.
Academic text (2017) -
Emily, for example, estimated the entire loan application process took her only 30 minutes.
Academic text (2015) -
It's the most physically demanding, technically challenging race in the entire world.
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She read the report in its entire form to understand all the details.
Synonyms
Complete and not broken or divided
Containing as much as possible with no empty space
Complete and not missing any part
Having all needed parts and nothing missing
Whole and not damaged or missing any parts
Antonyms
Compounds
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
Entire comes from the Latin word integer, which meant 'whole' or 'untouched' and is the same root behind integer (a 'whole number') and integrity. So when something is entire it is 'complete' with nothing missing.