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en·tire

entire

 
 
pronunciation:
ihn taIr
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: If you have the entire set of books by an author, it means that you have all the books that that author wrote. If your entire collection of rocks is in a big box under your bed, then every rock of your collection is there.
The carpenter needed his entire set of tools to make the fancy chairs.Our entire class went to visit our teacher in the hospital.
synonyms:
complete, whole
antonyms:
partial
similar words:
all, total
definition 2: If your little sister watches an entire movie, she watches the whole thing from beginning to end.
I read the entire book in one day.The entire building became dark when the power went out.
synonyms:
total, whole
similar words:
absolute, all, complete