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adj/həʊl/[hɜʊ̯ɫ][hɒʊ̯ɫ]
  1. 1

    Entire, undivided.

    • I ate a whole fish.
  2. 2

    Entire, undivided.; Used as an intensifier.

    • I brought a whole lot of balloons for the party. She ate a whole bunch of french fries.
  3. 3

    Sound, uninjured, healthy.

    • He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.
  4. 4

    From which none of its constituents has been removed.

    • whole wheat; whole milk
  5. 5

    As yet unworked.

adv/həʊl/[hɜʊ̯ɫ][hɒʊ̯ɫ]
  1. 1

    In entirety; entirely; wholly.colloquial

    • I ate a fish whole!
    • That’s a whole other story.
noun/həʊl/[hɜʊ̯ɫ][hɒʊ̯ɫ]
  1. 1

    Something complete, without any parts missing.

    • This variety of fascinating details didn't fall together into an enjoyable, coherent whole.
  2. 2

    An entirety.

    • It is not clear how she imagined the Bolsheviks could keep themselves in power in 1918 while allowing free elections, since the proletariat was only a minority and it could not by any means be supposed that the whole of it would vote for th

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