entire
11entire — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English enter, entier, entire, from Anglo French enter, entier, from Latin integer, literally, untouched, from in + tangere to touch more at tangent Date: 14th century 1. having no element or part left out ; whole < …
12entire — entireness, n. /en tuyeur /, adj. 1. having all the parts or elements; whole; complete: He wrote the entire novel in only six weeks. 2. full or thorough: He has been given entire freedom of choice in this matter. 3. not broken, mutilated, or… …
13entire — [[t]ɪnta͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ ADJ: det ADJ (emphasis) You use entire when you want to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something, for example, the whole of a place, time, or population. He had spent his entire life in China as a doctor …
14entire — [14] Entire and integrity [15] have the same source – Latin integer. This meant ‘whole, complete’, and was formed from the prefix in ‘in’ and *tag , the base which produced Latin tangere ‘touch’, source of English tactile and tangible (and indeed …
15entire — [14] Entire and integrity [15] have the same source – Latin integer. This meant ‘whole, complete’, and was formed from the prefix in ‘in’ and *tag , the base which produced Latin tangere ‘touch’, source of English tactile and tangible (and indeed …
16Entire — *In philately, see Cover. *In mathematics, see Entire function. *In animal fancy and animal husbandry, entire indicates that an animal has not been desexed, that is, spayed (female) or neutered (male). *In botany, an entire leaf is a single whole …
17entire — en|tire W2S3 [ınˈtaıə US ˈtaır] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: entier, from Latin integer; INTEGER] used when you want to emphasize that you mean all of a group, period of time, amount etc = ↑whole ▪ It was the… …
18entire — en|tire [ ın taır ] adjective only before noun *** used for emphasizing that you mean all or every part of something: the entire adult population He gave his entire attention to the task in hand. The railroad enables distribution across the… …
19entire — adjective (only before noun) the entire group, amount, period of time etc is used when you want to emphasize what you are saying: the entire staff | We spent the entire afternoon gossiping …
20entire — adjective 1) I devoted my entire life to him Syn: whole, complete, total, full; undivided Ant: partial 2) only one of the vases is entire Syn: intact, unbroken …
