US /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/ UK /ɪnˈtaɪə/
adj noun Freq #802

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Whole or complete, with no part left out.

    We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.

  2. 2
    noun

    The whole of something.

    He read the entire of the report before the meeting.

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Synonyms
1 adj · whole or complete, with no... completetotalwhole
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Word family
Derived forms entirelyentirenessentiretysubentireunentire

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.

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