entire adj

1 constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure" [syn: full, total]

2 constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact" [syn: integral, intact]

3 (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes

4 (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse" [syn: intact] n : uncastrated adult male horse [syn: stallion]

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) /ɪnˈtaɪə/, /In"taI@/
• (US) /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/, /In"taI@`/

Adjective

1. whole; complete.

   We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.

2. Having a smooth margin without any indentation.

Translations

• Ewe: blibo
• Finnish: koko
• French: entier , entière
• Italian: intero , intera
• Polish: cały , cała , całe
• Spanish: entero

Russian ( полный, целый, весь)

Derived terms

• entirety

Noun

1. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
   • 2005: He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated. — James Meek, The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 124)
2. (stamp collecting) a complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

Translations

• See stallion

• In philately, see Cover.
• In mathematics, see Entire function.
• In animal fancy and animal husbandry, entire indicates that an animal has not been desexed, that is, spayed (female) or neutered (male).
• In botany, an entire leaf is a single whole leaf which is not divided into leaflets.

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