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entirety Definition

en·tirety (en tīrtē, in-)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. the state or fact of being entire; wholeness; completeness
  2. an entire thing; whole; total
  3. Law undivided or sole possession

Etymology: ME enterete < OFr entiereté

entirety Idioms

in its entirety

as a whole; completely

entirety Synonyms

entirety

n.

  1. Wholeness

    completeness, totality, collectivity, collectiveness, intactness, plenitude, fullness, entireness, allness, universality, integrality, ensemble.

  2. A whole

    total, aggregate, sum; see 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

  • purpose: You may freely redistribute this chapter in its entirety for noncommercial purposes.
  • time: The latter can now be appreciated in its entirety for the first time.

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