Standard Lemma guide

entire

adj · noun · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtaɪə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ənˈtaɪə/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/
  • General-American: /ənˈtaɪɚ/
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  • rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 N T AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Whole; complete.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes

Examples

  • We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: complete, total, utter

Antonyms: partial, incomplete

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a smooth margin without any indentation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Complex-differentiable on all of C.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: complex-analysis, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Not gelded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Morally whole; pure; sheer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Internal; interior.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The whole of something; the entirety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

An uncastrated horse; a stallion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective satellite

Meaning 12

constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an entire town devastated by an earthquake
  • gave full attention
  • a total failure

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: full, total

Antonyms: none provided

13

adjective satellite

Meaning 13

constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged- Bacon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a local motion keepeth bodies integral
  • was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime
  • fought to keep the union intact

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: integral, intact

Antonyms: none provided

14

adjective satellite

Meaning 14

(used of domestic animals) sexually competent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an entire horse

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intact

Antonyms: none provided

15

adjective satellite

Meaning 15

(of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

uncastrated adult male horse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stallion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: male horse

Narrower terms: stud, studhorse

History

Etymology

From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and integer.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tërë — whole
  • Arabic: كامل (kāmil) — whole
  • Armenian: ամբողջ (amboġǰ) — whole
  • Armenian: ողջ (oġǰ) — whole
  • Armenian: սաղ (saġ) — whole
  • Aromanian: ntreg — whole
  • Aromanian: ãntreg — whole
  • Asturian: enteru — whole
  • Azerbaijani: bütün — whole
  • Bashkir: бөтөн (bötön) — whole
  • Belarusian: цэ́лы (cély) — whole
  • Belarusian: ўвесь (wvjesʹ) — whole
  • Belarusian: по́ўны (pówny) — whole
  • Breton: penn-da-benn — whole
  • Bulgarian: цял (cjal) — whole
  • Bulgarian: непокъ́тнат (nepokǎ́tnat) — whole
  • Catalan: enter — whole
  • Cherokee: ᎬᏩᏃᏍᏓ (gvwanosda) — whole
  • Chinese Cantonese: 成 (seng4) — whole
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全部的 (quánbù de) — whole
  • Chinese Mandarin: 整個 /整个 (zhěnggè) — whole
  • Chinese Mandarin: 完全 (wánquán) — whole
  • Czech: celý — whole
  • Dutch: geheel — whole
  • Dutch: hele — whole
  • Dutch: volledig — whole
  • Esperanto: tuta — whole
  • Ewe: blibo — whole
  • Finnish: koko — whole
  • Finnish: kokonainen — whole
  • French: entier — whole
  • French: entière — whole
  • Friulian: intîr — whole
  • Galician: enteiro — whole
  • Georgian: მთელი (mteli) — whole
  • Georgian: მთლიანი (mtliani) — whole
  • German: ganz — whole
  • German: gesamt — whole
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls) — whole
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls) — whole
  • Ancient Greek: ὅλος (hólos) — whole
  • Hebrew: מלא (malé) — whole
  • Hungarian: teljes — whole
  • Hungarian: egész — whole
  • Ido: tota — whole
  • Ingrian: koko — whole
  • Ingrian: kokonain — whole
  • Italian: intero — whole
  • Italian: intera — whole
  • Japanese: 全部の (zenbu no) — whole
  • Japanese: 全体の (zentai no) — whole
  • Korean: 전부의 (jeonbu-ui) — whole
  • Ladin: ntier — whole
  • Ladin: intier — whole
  • Latin: integer — whole
  • Latin: sollus — whole
  • Latvian: viss — whole
  • Latvian: vesels — whole
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thūamthùam — whole
  • Neapolitan: sano — whole
  • Norman: entchi — whole
  • Occitan: entièr — whole
  • Pohnpeian: unsek — whole
  • Polabian: ganc — whole
  • Polish: cały — whole
  • Portuguese: inteiro — whole
  • Portuguese: todo — whole
  • Romanian: întreg — whole
  • Russian: це́лый (célyj) — whole
  • Russian: весь (vesʹ) — whole
  • Russian: по́лный (pólnyj) — whole
  • Sanskrit: सर्व (sárva) — whole
  • Sanskrit: विश्व (viśva) — whole
  • Scottish Gaelic: buileach — whole
  • Serbo-Croatian: цео — whole
  • Serbo-Croatian: цијел — whole
  • Serbo-Croatian: ceo — whole
  • Serbo-Croatian: cijel — whole
  • Sicilian: nteru — whole
  • Slovak: celý — whole
  • Spanish: entero — whole
  • Swedish: hel — whole
  • Telugu: మొత్తము (mottamu) — whole
  • Turkish: bütün — whole
  • Turkish: tam — whole
  • Turkish: yekpare — whole
  • Ukrainian: ці́лий (cílyj) — whole
  • Ukrainian: весь (vesʹ) — whole
  • Ukrainian: по́вний (póvnyj) — whole
  • Venetan: intier — whole
  • Venetan: intiero — whole
  • Venetan: intrego — whole
  • Venetan: intriego — whole
  • Vietnamese: toàn bộ — whole
  • Vietnamese: toàn thể — whole
  • Vietnamese: hoàn toàn — whole
  • Volapük: lölik — whole
  • Yiddish: גאַנץ (gants) — whole
  • Finnish: ehytlaitainen — having a smooth margin
  • Finnish: analyyttinen — complex analysis: differentiable everywhere
  • Finnish: leikkaamaton — of a male animal not gelded
  • Finnish: puhdas — without mixture or alloy of anything
  • Finnish: täydellinen — without mixture or alloy of anything
  • Finnish: kokonainen — without mixture or alloy of anything
  • Finnish: jakamaton — without mixture or alloy of anything
  • Finnish: ehjä — without mixture or alloy of anything
  • Finnish: eheä — without mixture or alloy of anything
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