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en·tire (en tīr, in-)

adjective

    1. not lacking any of the parts; whole
    2. complete; thorough; absolute entire confidence
  1. unbroken; intact
  2. being wholly of one piece; undivided; continuous
  3. not castrated
  4. Obsolete not mixed or alloyed; pure
  5. 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

  1. Now Rare the whole; entirety
  2. a stallion

entire Related Forms

en·tire·ness noun

entire Synonyms

entire

modif.

complete, whole, undivided, intact; see whole 1, 2. See syn. study at complete.

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

  1. enticement
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  3. enthymeme
  4. enthusiastic
  5. enthusiast
  6. enthusiasm
  7. enthused
  8. enthuse
  9. enthrone
  10. enthrallment
  1. entire contract
  2. entirely
  3. entirety
  4. entitle
  5. entitlement
  6. entity
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  8. entoblast
  9. entoil
  10. entomb