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: physically sound and healthy : free of disease or deformity. d. : mentally or emotionally sound. 2. : having all its proper parts or components : complete, unmodified. whole milk. a whole egg. 3. a. : constituting the total sum or undiminished entirety : entire. owns the whole island. b. : each or all of the.
complete or not divided: I spent the whole day cleaning. There's still a whole month till my birthday. After my exercise class, my whole body ached. The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake. whole thing This whole thing (= situation) is ridiculous. whole time Bill does nothing but complain the whole time (= all the time).
Whole definition: comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total. See examples of WHOLE used in a sentence.
Something that exists in its entirety is whole. If there are eight slices of pizza and you eat half, you've eaten four of them. If you eat the whole pizza, you've somehow managed to eat all eight slices. In terms of mental or physical health, whole describes someone who is healthy or uninjured.
1. A number, group, set, or thing lacking no part or element; a complete thing. 2. An entity or system made up of interrelated parts: The value of the whole was greater than the sum of its parts. adv. Informal. Entirely; wholly: a whole new idea. Idioms: as a whole.
complete or not divided: I spent the whole day cleaning. There's still a whole month till my birthday. After my exercise class, my whole body ached. The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake. whole thing This whole thing (= situation) is ridiculous. whole time Bill does nothing but complain the whole time (= all the time).
A whole is a single thing which contains several different parts. An atom itself is a complete whole, with its electrons, protons and neutrons. Taken as a percentage of the whole, the mouth has to be a fairly minor body part. Synonyms: total, all, lot, everything More Synonyms of whole.
[only before noun] full; complete. Let's forget the whole thing. Jenna was my best friend in the whole world. It seems I've spent my whole life travelling. The whole family will be there. But that's not the whole story, is it? He spent the whole day writing. We drank a whole bottle each. I went through the whole process with them.
Whole Definition. hōl. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Adjective. Noun. Adverb. Idiom. Filter. adjective. Containing all the elements or parts; entire; complete. A whole set, whole blood. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. In sound health; not diseased or injured. Webster's New World.
B1. all of something: His behaviour affects the whole of the class. More examples. as a whole. B2. when considered as a group and not in parts: The population as a whole is getting healthier. on the whole. B1. generally: We've had a few problems, but on the whole we're very happy.
