including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; gave his whole attention; a whole wardrobe for the tropics; the whole hog; a whole week; the baby cried the whole trip home; a whole loaf of bread'
(of siblings) having the same parents; whole brothers and sisters'
whole (adj.)
all of something including all its component elements or parts; Europe considered as a whole; the whole of American literature'
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; how big is that part compared to the whole?; the team is a unit
[ Syn: unit ]
whole (n.)
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole is often used informally for `wholly); he was wholly convinced; entirely satisfied with the meal; it was completely different from what we expected; was completely at fault; a totally new situation; the directions were all wrong; it was not altogether her fault; an altogether new approach; a whole new idea
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