Whole - Definition

adv 1: 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, whole] [ant: part, partially,
partly]
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: not injured [syn: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole]
4: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and
hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
[syn: hale, whole]
5: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid
voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole]
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, unit]