WHOLE

WHO ·LE 2 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 11 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. all of something including all its component elements or parts
  2. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

💬 Examples

  • "Europe considered as a whole"
  • "the whole of American literature"
  • "how big is that part compared to the whole?"
  • "the team is a unit"

🔗 Similar words

adjective
  1. including all components without exception
  2. (of siblings) having the same parents
  3. not injured or harmed
  4. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

💬 Examples

  • "being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration"
  • "complete"
  • "whole brothers and sisters"
  • "hale and hearty"
adverb
  1. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

💬 Examples

  • "he was wholly convinced"
  • "entirely satisfied with the meal"
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