whole

adjective
/həʊl/

Entire, undivided.

Example

“I ate a whole fish.”

Other meanings

Used as an intensifier.
Sound, uninjured, healthy.
“He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.”

Example sentences

“I ate a whole box of dates.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“You were in on it the whole time.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I have to wait a whole year.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old English "hāl" (healthy, safe).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “whole” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.