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  • 21whole — 01. I can t believe you ate the [whole] watermelon! 02. The [whole] country was excited when the national team won the World Cup of soccer. 03. We spent our [whole] summer at the lake, swimming and fishing. 04. He accidentally swallowed his plum… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 22whole — /hoʊl / (say hohl) adjective 1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total. 2. containing all the elements properly belonging; complete: a whole set. 3. undivided, or in one …

  • 23whole — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 all of sth VERB + WHOLE ▪ comprise, cover, embrace, encompass, involve, span ▪ The project involved the whole of the university. ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 24Whole — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Principal part. < N PARAG:Whole >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 whole whole totality integrity Sgm: N 1 totalness totalness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 entirety entirety ensemble collectiveness Sgm: N …

    English dictionary for students

  • 25whole — un·whole·some·ly; un·whole·some·ness; whole; whole·heart·ed·ly; whole·heart·ed·ness; whole·ness; whole·sal·er; whole·some; whole·some·ly; whole·some·ness; whole·sale; …

    English syllables

  • 26whole — [[t]hoʊl[/t]] adj. 1) comprising the full quantity or amount; entire or total: He ate the whole pie[/ex] 2) complete: a whole set of china[/ex] 3) undivided; in one piece: to swallow a thing whole[/ex] 4) math. not fractional; integral 5) cvb not …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27whole — n. 1) to constitute, form a whole 2) as a whole 3) on the whole (the situation is, on the whole, satisfactory) * * * [həʊl] form a whole as a whole to constitute on the whole (the situation is, on the whole, satisfactory) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 28whole — {{11}}whole (adj.) O.E. hal entire, unhurt, healthy, from P.Gmc. *khailaz undamaged (Cf. O.S. hel, O.N. heill, O.Fris. hal, M.Du. hiel, Du. heel, O.H.G., Ger. heil salvation, welfare ), from PIE *koilas (Cf. O.C.S. celu …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 29whole — adjective 1》 complete; entire.     ↘emphasizing a large extent or number: a whole range of issues. 2》 in an unbroken or undamaged state.     ↘with no part removed. noun 1》 a thing that is complete in itself. 2》 (the whole) all of something.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30whole — See: ALL THE WAY or THE WHOLE WAY, GO THE WHOLE HOG, ON THE WHOLE, WITH A WHOLE SKIN or IN A WHOLE SKIN …

    Dictionary of American idioms