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单词 entire
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Definition of entire in English:

entire

adjective ɪnˈtʌɪəɛnˈtʌɪəənˈtaɪ(ə)r
  • 1attributive With no part left out; whole.

    my plans are to travel the entire world
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When one scholar violates that trust, it damages the legitimacy of the entire academy.
    • For one eerily glorious moment in time, the whole entire world seemed to be completely silent.
    • Dentists are routinely extracting entire sets of severely decayed teeth from toddlers under general anaesthetic.
    • The lack of pricing power is cramping business and could end up damaging the entire economy.
    • Now, they are marketed as essential and whole supermarket aisles and entire shops are devoted to selling them.
    • The entire knife feels solid and well made, and the blade is amazingly sharp.
    • You can think that you ate a whole loaf and the entire thing is still there.
    • The head teacher says that their entire budget for the whole of last year amounted to $16.
    • I nod and look around to see broken glass covering the entire room.
    • The fiber needs to be inspected along its entire length for damage before use.
    • Even in the case of severe damage to the entire intestinal wall, tissues seem to regenerate well.
    • One tiny mistake could take weeks to undo, a larger error could cause the entire ship irreparable damage.
    • Projecting growth over a whole century for the entire planet is just plain silly.
    • As a result, individual lives, families, and entire cultures have been damaged by sin.
    • I am afraid that a whole country, an entire people, will be destroyed for nothing.
    • I find it best to cache each object on a page separately, rather than caching the entire page as a whole.
    • For an entire day, the whole village gets ready by hunting and cooking and such.
    • Note that this trick does not reduce the size of your file as a whole or make your entire sales content load faster.
    • When crown tissue is infected and becomes decayed, the entire plant may wilt and die.
    • It was finally Saturday, which meant the entire group had a whole day of freedom on their hands.
    Synonyms
    whole, complete, total, full
    continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted, undivided
    1. 1.1 Without qualification or reservations; absolute.
      an ideological system with which he is in entire agreement
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This sounds like entire supposition, and I would like to know what reasoning is behind it.
      • This Agreement embodies the entire understanding of the Parties as it relates to the subject matter hereof.
      Synonyms
      absolute, total, utter, out-and-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, wholehearted
      unqualified, unreserved, unmitigated, unmodified, unmixed, unalloyed, unrestricted, perfect, outright, pure, sheer
  • 2Not broken, damaged, or decayed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because a crystalline solid is regular, we can see the inner form of the entire solid by looking at a fragment.
    Synonyms
    intact, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unimpaired, unflawed, unscathed, unspoilt, unmutilated, unblemished, unmarked, perfect, inviolate, in one piece
    sound, solid
  • 3(of a male horse) not castrated.

  • 4Botany
    (of a leaf) without indentations or division into leaflets.

noun ɪnˈtʌɪəɛnˈtʌɪəənˈtaɪ(ə)r
  • An uncastrated male horse.

Origin

Late Middle English (formerly also as intire): from Old French entier, based on Latin integer 'untouched, whole', from in- 'not' + tangere 'to touch'.

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah
 
 

Definition of entire in US English:

entire

adjectiveənˈtaɪ(ə)rənˈtī(ə)r
  • 1attributive With no part left out; whole.

    my plans are to travel the entire world
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now, they are marketed as essential and whole supermarket aisles and entire shops are devoted to selling them.
    • It was finally Saturday, which meant the entire group had a whole day of freedom on their hands.
    • Even in the case of severe damage to the entire intestinal wall, tissues seem to regenerate well.
    • The lack of pricing power is cramping business and could end up damaging the entire economy.
    • The entire knife feels solid and well made, and the blade is amazingly sharp.
    • Projecting growth over a whole century for the entire planet is just plain silly.
    • I nod and look around to see broken glass covering the entire room.
    • The fiber needs to be inspected along its entire length for damage before use.
    • Note that this trick does not reduce the size of your file as a whole or make your entire sales content load faster.
    • When crown tissue is infected and becomes decayed, the entire plant may wilt and die.
    • For an entire day, the whole village gets ready by hunting and cooking and such.
    • You can think that you ate a whole loaf and the entire thing is still there.
    • For one eerily glorious moment in time, the whole entire world seemed to be completely silent.
    • Dentists are routinely extracting entire sets of severely decayed teeth from toddlers under general anaesthetic.
    • I am afraid that a whole country, an entire people, will be destroyed for nothing.
    • I find it best to cache each object on a page separately, rather than caching the entire page as a whole.
    • As a result, individual lives, families, and entire cultures have been damaged by sin.
    • The head teacher says that their entire budget for the whole of last year amounted to $16.
    • When one scholar violates that trust, it damages the legitimacy of the entire academy.
    • One tiny mistake could take weeks to undo, a larger error could cause the entire ship irreparable damage.
    Synonyms
    whole, complete, total, full
    1. 1.1 Not broken or decayed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Because a crystalline solid is regular, we can see the inner form of the entire solid by looking at a fragment.
      Synonyms
      intact, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unimpaired, unflawed, unscathed, unspoilt, unmutilated, unblemished, unmarked, perfect, inviolate, in one piece
    2. 1.2 Without qualification or reservations; absolute.
      an ideological system with which he is in entire agreement
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This sounds like entire supposition, and I would like to know what reasoning is behind it.
      • This Agreement embodies the entire understanding of the Parties as it relates to the subject matter hereof.
      Synonyms
      absolute, total, utter, out-and-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, wholehearted
    3. 1.3 (of a male horse) not castrated.
    4. 1.4Botany (of a leaf) without indentations or division into leaflets.
nounənˈtaɪ(ə)rənˈtī(ə)r
  • An uncastrated male horse.

Origin

Late Middle English (formerly also as intire): from Old French entier, based on Latin integer ‘untouched, whole’, from in- ‘not’ + tangere ‘to touch’.

 
 
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