entire en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ənˈtaɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈtaɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ənˈtaɪɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer (“whole”). Doublet of entier and integer.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes) Whole; complete.
We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]
1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 415–416:
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(not-comparable) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.
1899, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volumes 6-8, page 192:
- (not-comparable) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
- (not-comparable, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
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(not-comparable, of a male animal) Not gelded.
On top of that, he was entire, which meant his bloodline could carry on.
2018, Markus Zusak, Bridge of Clay, page 423:
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(not-comparable) Morally whole; pure; sheer.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:See now, whether pure fear and entire cowardice doth not make thee / wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with us.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
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(not-comparable) Internal; interior.
Depp is the wound, that dints the parts entire
1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet VI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intire | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
go the entire animal · entireness · subentire · go the entire swine · entirety · unentire · entirely · entire function
Hyponyms
Relateds
intact · integrate · integrity · completely · entirety
Synonyms
one · total · overall · total · utter · complete · entire · holo- · complete · whole
Translations (107)
ka მთლიანი (whole) · nl hele (whole) · izh koko (whole) · ru весь (whole) · tr tam (whole) · fr entier (whole) · pt inteiro (whole) · lld ntier (whole) · rup ãntreg (whole) · ba бөтөн (whole) · fi ehjä (without mixture or alloy of anything) · it intera (whole) · got 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (whole) · vec intrego (whole) · fi analyyttinen (complex analysis: differentiable everywhere) · ro întreg (whole) · sa विश्व (whole) · de ganz (whole) · sh cijel (whole) · pl cały (whole) · pox ganc (whole) · tr bütün (whole) · vec intriego (whole) · sk celý (whole) · br penn-da-benn (whole) · fi koko (whole) · fi eheä (without mixture or alloy of anything) · fi ehytlaitainen (having a smooth margin) · hy ողջ (whole) · chr ᎬᏩᏃᏍᏓ (whole) · ru по́лный (whole) · pon unsek (whole) · te మొత్తము (whole) · fi kokonainen (whole) · fur intîr (whole) · ast enteru (whole) · nap sano (whole) · sh цијел (whole) · ee blibo (whole) · fr entière (whole) · hu egész (whole) · be цэ́лы (whole) · nl geheel (whole) · he מלא (whole) · az bütün (whole) · gl enteiro (whole) · sh ceo (whole) · izh kokonain (whole) · hy ամբողջ (whole) · eo tuta (whole) · bg непокъ́тнат (whole) · la integer (whole) · io tota (whole) · ca enter (whole) · sv hel (whole) · ka მთელი (whole) · kix thūamthùam (whole) · lv vesels (whole) · ru це́лый (whole) · cmn 完全 (whole) · sq tërë (whole) · vo lölik (whole) · la sollus (whole) · pt todo (whole) · ja 全部の (whole) · uk ці́лий (whole) · cs celý (whole) · es entero (whole) · uk весь (whole) · tr yekpare (whole) · vec intier (whole) · ja 全体の (whole) · vi hoàn toàn (whole) · sh цео (whole) · uk по́вний (whole) · fi puhdas (without mixture or alloy of anything) · fi jakamaton (without mixture or alloy of anything) · rup ntreg (whole) · it intero (whole) · de gesamt (whole) · gd buileach (whole) · fi kokonainen (without mixture or alloy of anything) · fi täydellinen (without mixture or alloy of anything) · vi toàn bộ (whole) · nl volledig (whole) · ko 전부의 (whole) · fi leikkaamaton (of a male animal not gelded) · got 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (whole) · oc entièr (whole) · vi toàn thể (whole) · be по́ўны (whole) · hy սաղ (whole) · bg цял (whole) · arz كامل (whole) · cmn 全部的 (whole) · grc ὅλος (whole) · vec intiero (whole) · scn nteru (whole) · sa सर्व (whole) · lld intier (whole) · be ўвесь (whole) · yue 成 (whole) · lv viss (whole) · hu teljes (whole) · yi גאַנץ (whole) · nrf entchi (whole) · cmn 整個 /整个 (whole)