entirety Definition
en·tirety (en tīr′tē, in-)
noun pl. -·ties
- the state or fact of being entire; wholeness; completeness
- an entire thing; whole; total
- Law undivided or sole possession
Etymology: ME enterete < OFr entiereté
entirety Idioms
in its entirety
as a whole; completely
entirety Synonyms
entirety
n.
Wholeness
completeness, totality, collectivity, collectiveness, intactness, plenitude, fullness, entireness, allness, universality, integrality, ensemble. A whole
entirety Law Definition
n
The whole of a thing;
something incapable of being divided.
entirety Usage Examples
Converse of object
- encompass: The hillfort encompasses the entirety of the hilltop, creating a roughly triangular area.
- spend: It would seem that many of us would spend the entirety of our Sunday in hot pursuit of these rare commodities.
- cover: No one wants to be bored with an extraordinarily long toast covering the entirety of your friendship.
- see: If you wish to see the entirety of the information in your membership record, please contact us and we will arrange a copy.
- include: Afterward he succeeded St Aidan as bishop of Ferns, which included the entirety of Leinster.
- constitute: It constitutes the entirety of OUR contract with YOU.
Adjective modifier
it's: I would rather it were disallowed in itâs entirety.
Modifies a noun
quot: What are celebrity about a year entirety quot from.
Preposition: in
- format: More recent publications are stored in the database in their entirety in pdf format.
- form: Supervisors may read and comment on draft sections of the dissertation but may not comment on the work in its entirety in draft form.
- paragraph: I appointed two independent professional assessors to provide clinical advice, and their report is reproduced in its entirety in paragraph 13 below.
Preposition: of
- work: The study ranges freely over the entirety of the works of both major writers.
- city: At the heart of the conurbation is the small, ancient City of London which was historically the entirety of the city.
- history: Yet the mustache has been right under the nose of much of mankind for almost the entirety of recorded history.
- race: Oh no, trackside objects are fully deformable and stay where they fall for the entirety of the race.
- game: Robben was a constant threat for the entirety of the game and his direct running was a key factor of the Dutch's victory.
- course: But please don't view them as the entirety of the course in Citizenship - death by worksheet still applies!
Preposition: for
Browse dictionary entries near entirety
- ‹ entirely
- ‹ entire contract
- ‹ entire
- ‹ enticement
- ‹ entice
- ‹ enthymeme
- ‹ enthusiastic
- ‹ enthusiast
- ‹ enthusiasm
- ‹ enthused
- entitle ›
- entitlement ›
- entity ›
- ento- ›
- entoblast ›
- entoil ›
- entomb ›
- entombment ›
- entomo- ›
- entomol ›

