entire

/ɪnˈtaɪɚ/
adjectivenoun

Whole; complete.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Whole; complete.

    “We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.”

  2. Having a smooth margin without any indentation.

  3. Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

  4. Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.

Noun 3 meanings

  1. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.

  2. A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

  3. Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

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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ENTIRE at a glance

ENTIRE has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + I 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #812 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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