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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Whole \Whole\, n.
     1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts;
        totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a
        thing complete in itself.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              ``This not the whole of life to live,
              Nor all of death to die.              --J.
                                                    Montgomery.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A regular combination of parts; a system.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Committee of the whole. See under Committee.
  
     Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything
        into account; in view of all the circumstances or
        conditions.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Whole \Whole\, n.
     1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts;
        totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a
        thing complete in itself.
  
              ``This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of
              death to die.                         --J.
                                                    Montgomery.
  
     2. A regular combination of parts; a system.
  
              Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     Committee of the whole. See under Committee.
  
     Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything
        into account; in view of all the circumstances or
        conditions.
  
     Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  upon the whole
     adv.
     (alternative form of en on the whole)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  upon the whole
     adv.
     (alternative form of en on the whole)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  upon the whole
     adv.
     (alternative form of en on the whole)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  upon the whole
     adv.
     (alternative form of en on the whole)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  upon the whole /əpˌɒn ðə hˈəʊl/
  vcelku

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  upon the whole /əpˌɒn ðə hˈəʊl/
  1. nagyjából
  2. egészben véve
  3. mindent egybevetve
  4. mindent összevéve
  5. általában
  6. alapjában véve
  7. egészében véve
  8. mindent egybevéve

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