English Explanatory Dictionary

entire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Whole; complete.
  2. Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
  3. Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
  4. Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
  5. Not gelded.
  6. Morally whole; pure; sheer.
  7. Internal; interior.
noun
  1. The whole of something; the entirety.
  2. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
  3. A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
  4. Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtaɪə/ /ənˈtaɪə/ /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/ /ənˈtaɪɚ/ en-us-entire.ogg

Word forms

entire intire entires

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.

Synonyms

complete entire holo- one overall total whole utter

Antonyms

partial incomplete

Related words

integrate integrity completely entirety intact

Derived words

entire function entirely entireness entirety go the entire animal go the entire swine subentire unentire
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