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adj/ɪnˈtaɪə//ənˈtaɪə//ɪnˈtaɪɚ/
  1. 1

    Whole; complete.not-comparablepostpositionalsometimes

    • We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
  2. 2

    Having a smooth margin without any indentation.not-comparable

    • Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.
  3. 3

    Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.not-comparable

  4. 4

    Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.not-comparable

  5. 5

    Not gelded.not-comparable

    • On top of that, he was entire, which meant his bloodline could carry on.
  6. 6

    Morally whole; pure; sheer.not-comparable

    • See now, whether pure fear and entire cowardice doth not make thee / wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with us.
    • No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
  7. 7

    Internal; interior.not-comparable

    • Depp is the wound, that dints the parts entire

syn. complete · entire · holo- · one · overall · total · whole

noun/ɪnˈtaɪə//ənˈtaɪə//ɪnˈtaɪɚ/
  1. 1

    The whole of something; the entirety.archaiccountableuncountable

    • In the entire of the Poems we never hear of a merchant ship of the Greeks.
    • ‘Then is the City Magistrate the entire of your family now?’
  2. 2

    An uncastrated horse; a stallion.countableuncountable

    • He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated.
  3. 3

    A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.countableuncountable

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