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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.
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              ``This not the whole of life to live,
              Nor all of death to die.              --J.
                                                    Montgomery.
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     2. A regular combination of parts; a system.
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              Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                    --Pope.
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     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.
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     Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Whole \Whole\, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[=a]l well,
     sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h?l, D. heel, G. heil,
     Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well,
     sound, OIr. c?l augury. Cf. Hale, Hail to greet, Heal
     to cure, Health, Holy.]
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     1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all
        the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as,
        the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army;
        the whole nation. ``On their whole host I flew unarmed.''
        --Milton.
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              The whole race of mankind.            --Shak.
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     2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken
        or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole
        orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
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              My life is yet whole in me.           --2 Sam. i. 9.
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     3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness;
        healthy; sound; well.
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              [She] findeth there her friends hole and sound.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              They that be whole need not a physician. --Matt. ix.
                                                    12.
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              When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     Whole blood. (Law of Descent) See under Blood, n., 2.
  
     Whole note (Mus.), the note which represents a note of
        longest duration in common use; a semibreve.
  
     Whole number (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or
        mixed number; an integer.
  
     Whole snipe (Zo["o]l.), the common snipe, as distinguished
        from the smaller jacksnipe. [Prov. Eng.]
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     Syn: All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided;
          uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy.
  
     Usage: Whole, Total, Entire, Complete. When we use
            the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of
            parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a
            whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word
            total, we have reference to all as taken together, and
            forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the
            total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we
            have no reference to parts at all, but regard the
            thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken;
            as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak
            of a thing as complete, there is reference to some
            progress which results in a filling out to some end or
            object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as,
            complete success; a complete victory.
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                  All the whole army stood agazed on him. --Shak.
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                  One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak.
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                  Lest total darkness should by night regain
                  Her old possession, and extinguish life.
                                                    --Milton.
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                  So absolute she seems,
                  And in herself complete.          --Milton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Whole \Whole\, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[=a]l well,
     sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h?l, D. heel, G. heil,
     Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well,
     sound, OIr. c?l augury. Cf. Hale, Hail to greet, Heal
     to cure, Health, Holy.]
     1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all
        the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as,
        the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army;
        the whole nation. ``On their whole host I flew unarmed.''
        --Milton.
  
              The whole race of mankind.            --Shak.
  
     2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken
        or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole
        orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
  
              My life is yet whole in me.           --2 Sam. i. 9.
  
     3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness;
        healthy; sound; well.
  
              [She] findeth there her friends hole and sound.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              They that be whole need not a physician. --Matt. ix.
                                                    12.
  
              When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole.
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
     Whole blood. (Law of Descent) See under Blood, n., 2.
  
     Whole note (Mus.), the note which represents a note of
        longest duration in common use; a semibreve.
  
     Whole number (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or
        mixed number; an integer.
  
     Whole snipe (Zo["o]l.), the common snipe, as distinguished
        from the smaller jacksnipe. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     Syn: All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided;
          uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy.
  
     Usage: Whole, Total, Entire, Complete. When we use
            the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of
            parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a
            whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word
            total, we have reference to all as taken together, and
            forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the
            total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we
            have no reference to parts at all, but regard the
            thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken;
            as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak
            of a thing as complete, there is reference to some
            progress which results in a filling out to some end or
            object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as,
            complete success; a complete victory.
  
                  All the whole army stood agazed on him. --Shak.
  
                  One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak.
  
                  Lest total darkness should by night regain Her
                  old possession, and extinguish life. --Milton.
  
                  So absolute she seems, And in herself complete.
                                                    --Milton.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  whole
       adj 1: including all components without exception; being one unit
              or constituting the full amount or extent or duration;
              complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole
              wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole
              week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole
              loaf of bread" [ant: fractional]
       2: (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and
          sisters" [ant: half]
       3: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and
          hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
          [syn: hale]
       n 1: all of something including all its component elements or
            parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of
            American literature"
       2: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;
          "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team
          is a unit" [syn: whole thing, unit]
       adv : to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
             (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he
             was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the
             meal"; "it was completely different from what we
             expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new
             situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was
             not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new
             approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly, entirely,
              completely, totally, all, altogether] [ant: partially]

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


  whole
     Αγγλικά a.
     ολόκληρος

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


  whole
     a.
     entire, undivided.
     adv.
     (lb en colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.
     n.
     1 Something complete, without any parts missing.
     2 An entirety.

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


  whole
     a.
     entire, undivided.
     adv.
     (lb en colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.
     n.
     1 Something complete, without any parts missing.
     2 An entirety.

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


  whole
     a.
     entire, undivided.
     adv.
     (lb en colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.
     n.
     1 Something complete, without any parts missing.
     2 An entirety.

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


  whole
     a.
     entire, undivided.
     adv.
     (lb en colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.
     n.
     1 Something complete, without any parts missing.
     2 An entirety.

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


  whole
     Englanti a.
     1 koko
     2 kokonainen
     3 ehjä
     Englanti adv.
     (''arkikieltä'') kokonaan, täysin
     Englanti n.
     kokonaisuus ''mitään unohtamatta''

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


  whole
     Engelska a.
     1 hel
     2 helbrägda, välbehållen
     Engelska n.
     helhet

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  whole /hˈəʊl/
  hele, volledig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Whole /hˈəʊl/
  كلّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  whole //hoʊl// //həʊl// /[hoʊɫ]/ /[hɒʊɫ]/ /[həʊɫ]/ 
  ця́л
  entire

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  whole //hoʊl// //həʊl// /[hoʊɫ]/ /[hɒʊɫ]/ /[həʊɫ]/ 
  изцяло
  colloquial: in entirety

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  whole //hoʊl// //həʊl// /[hoʊɫ]/ /[hɒʊɫ]/ /[həʊɫ]/ 
  цялост
  something complete