entire

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/ UK /ɪnˈtaɪə/ See IPA manual

Freq #802

Meanings

1

adj
Whole or complete, with no part left out.

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

noun
The whole of something.

He read the entire of the report before the meeting.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · whole or complete, with no... complete total whole

More holo-one overall

Word family

Derived forms entirely entireness entiretysubentireunentire

Related forms completely entirety intact integrate integrity

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Phrases (1)

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entire leaf
a leaf with a smooth edge, without teeth or deep cuts

Adjective + noun

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.

*teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European entere Middle English entier xno integrum Latin *əntagros Proto-Italic

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# entire

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈtaɪə/
**Frequency rank:** 802

## Meanings
1. Whole or complete, with no part left out.
2. The whole of something.

## Examples
- We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
- He read the entire of the report before the meeting.

## Synonyms
- complete
- holo-
- one
- overall
- total
- whole

## Derived Forms
- entirely
- entireness
- entirety
- subentire
- unentire

## Related Forms
- completely
- entirety
- intact
- integrate
- integrity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *teh₂g-
- Root: entere
- Root: entier
- Root: integrum
- Root: *əntagros

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Entire comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “Whole or complete, with no part left out” and “The whole of something”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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