entire Definition
en·tire (en tīr′, in-)
adjective
- not lacking any of the parts; whole
- complete; thorough; absolute entire confidence
- unbroken; intact
- being wholly of one piece; undivided; continuous
- not castrated
- Obsolete not mixed or alloyed; pure
- Bot. having an unbroken margin, without notches or indentations, as some leaves
Etymology: ME enter < OFr entier < L integer, whole, untouched, undiminished: see integer
noun
- Now Rare the whole; entirety
- a stallion
entire Related Forms
en·tire′·ness noun
entire Synonyms
entire Usage Examples
Possessives
ship: The convention facility princess and passenger owner gerry herrod the ship's entire.
Modifies a noun
- length: Apply the varnish in the direction of the grain to a couple of boards at a time along their entire length.
- spectrum: For most features, sites of these two categories ranged over the entire spectrum of observed values.
- universe: Cosmology attempts to describe the behavior of the entire universe using these physical laws.
- agreement: Putin's ambiguous remarks are seen by many to be leading the entire agreement toward paralysis by analysis.
- collection: Now you can take your entire music collection with you wherever you go.
Modifying Another Word
- sometimes: Indeed, in the United States, sometimes entire courses are turfed, all 50 ha, so they can open soon afterward.
- still: The two smallest towers are still entire, but one of the others is almost completely demolished, and the other much dilapidated.
- already: Hope do not place dogs in homes where there are already entire dogs.
Browse dictionary entries near entire
- ‹ enticement
- ‹ entice
- ‹ enthymeme
- ‹ enthusiastic
- ‹ enthusiast
- ‹ enthusiasm
- ‹ enthused
- ‹ enthuse
- ‹ enthrone
- ‹ enthrallment
- entire contract ›
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- entitle ›
- entitlement ›
- entity ›
- ento- ›
- entoblast ›
- entoil ›
- entomb ›

