whole

Từ điển Collocation

whole noun

1 all of sth

VERB + WHOLE cover, embrace, encompass, involve, span The project involved the whole of the university. | fill, occupy, take up The library takes up the whole of the first floor. | permeate, pervade Technology permeates the whole of our lives.

2 complete thing

ADJ. coherent, cohesive, harmonious, homogeneous, integrated, organized, seamless She was struggling to organize her ideas into a coherent whole. | single | complex The author examines each aspect of Roman society, then attempts to summarize the complex whole. | meaningful At this age, babies do not yet combine sounds into a meaningful whole. | organic

VERB + WHOLE form, make (up) He tried to fit the pieces of evidence together to make a coherent whole.

PHRASES as a whole Unemployment is higher in the north than in the country as a whole.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • all of something including all its component elements or parts

    Europe considered as a whole

    the whole of American literature

  • an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; unit

    how big is that part compared to the whole?

    the team is a unit

    adj.

  • 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

  • (of siblings) having the same parents

    whole brothers and sisters

  • including everything; overall, total

    the overall cost

    the total amount owed

  • wholly unharmed; unharmed, unhurt, unscathed
  • not impaired or diminished in any way; intact

    emerged from the trial with his prestige intact

    the blast left his hearing intact

  • exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; hale

    hale and hearty

    whole in mind and body

    a whole person again

  • acting together as a single undiversified whole; solid, unanimous

    a solid voting bloc

    adv.

  • to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether

    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

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

wholes
syn.: complete entire one solid total undivided
ant.: part partial