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noun
The whole; the complete or amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the state of being total and complete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: entireness, 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
From Middle English enterete, from Old French entiereté, from Latin integritās, from integer (“complete, whole”). Doublet of integrity.
Across languages
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
