entire

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtaɪə/

The English word “entire” has 11 meanings listed here.

adjective

Whole; complete.
Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
Not gelded.
Morally whole; pure; sheer.
Internal; interior.

noun

The whole of something; the entirety.
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.

Etymology

From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer (“whole”). Doublet of entier and integer.

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