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entirety
Entirety is defined as the whole thing, or the state of being complete.
(noun)An example of entirety is the director's cut of a movie without any scenes deleted; the entirety of the movie.
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See entirety in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. entireties
- the state or fact of being entire; wholeness; completeness
- an entire thing; whole; total
- Law undivided or sole possession
Origin: ME enterete < OFr entiereté
See entirety in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. en·tire·ties
- The state of being entire or complete; wholeness: To appreciate the poem, one must read it in its entirety.
- The entire amount or extent; the whole: “We rarely remember the entirety of the plot” (Anthony Burgess).
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