Look up: Whole

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   whole
   [adj] - (of siblings) having the same parents 2. [adj] - including all components without exception 3. [n] - all of something including all its component elements or parts 4. [n] - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
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   Whole
   Whole adjective [ Middle English hole , hol , hal , hool , Anglo-Saxon hāl well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & Old Saxon h...l , Dutch heel , German heil , Icelandic heill , Swedish hel whole, Danish heel , Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c...l augury. Confer Hale , Hail to gree ...
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   Whole
   Whole noun 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. « 'This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.» J. Montgomery. 2. A regular combination of parts; a system. « Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole .» Pope.
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   whole
   1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. 'On their whole host I flew unarmed.' 'The whole race of mankind.' (Shak) ... 2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpa ...
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   whole
   adjective 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`
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   whole
   unit noun 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`
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   whole
   noun all of something including all its component elements or parts; `Europe considered as a whole`; `the whole of American literature`
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   Whole
   • (a.) Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole. • (n.) A regular combination of parts; a system. • (a.) Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well. • (a.) Containing the tot...
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   Whole
   The term 'whole' has been used frequently in attempts to describe or to explain certain features of biological, psychological, or sociological (but sometimes also of physical and chemical) phenomena which were said to be inaccessible to a 'merely mechanistic' or 'summative' analysis. In fact, most applications of the concept of whole explicitly re...
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