noun
Meaning 1
entirety
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
entireness
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noun
Meaning 2
the state of being total and complete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he read the article in its entirety
- appalled by the totality of the destruction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: entirety, integrality, totality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: completeness
Narrower terms: whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatment
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English entire Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English entireness From entire + -ness.