entire

adjective
/ɪnˈtaɪə/

Whole; complete.

Example

“We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.”

Other meanings

Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

Synonyms

full
total

Related words

entirely
entireness
subentire
unentire
entirety
entire function
go the entire animal
go the entire swine

Example sentences

“The fire consumed the entire forest in hours.”
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Word history

From Latin "integrum".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “entire” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.