whole

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/həʊl/]

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1. whole (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Entire, undivided.

Example: I ate a whole fish.

2. whole (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Entire, undivided.: Used as an intensifier.

Example: I brought a whole lot of balloons for the party. She ate a whole bunch of french fries.

3. whole (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Sound, uninjured, healthy.

Example: He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.

4. whole (adv) — sense 4

Definition: In entirety; entirely; wholly.

Example: I ate a fish whole!

5. whole (noun) — sense 5

Definition: Something complete, without any parts missing.

Example: This variety of fascinating details didn't fall together into an enjoyable, coherent whole.

6. whole (noun) — sense 6

Definition: An entirety.

Example: It is not clear how she imagined the Bolsheviks could keep themselves in power in 1918 while allowing free elections, since the proletariat was only a minority and it could not by any means be supposed that the whole of it would vote for them.

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