What does Whole mean?
Definitions for Whole
hoʊlwhole
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Whole.
Princeton's WordNet
wholenoun
all of something including all its component elements or parts
"Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
whole, unitadjective
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"
wholeadjective
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"
wholeadjective
(of siblings) having the same parents
"whole brothers and sisters"
unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, wholeadjective
not injured
hale, wholeadjective
exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
"hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
solid, unanimous, wholeadverb
acting together as a single undiversified whole
"a solid voting bloc"
wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, wholeadverb
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"
Wiktionary
wholenoun
Something complete, without any parts missing.
wholenoun
An entirety.
wholeadverb
in entirety; entirely; wholly
I ate a fish whole!
wholeadjective
entire.
I ate a whole fish.
wholeadjective
sound, uninjured, healthy.
He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.
Etymology: From hool, from hal, from hailaz (compare Low German heel/heil, Dutch heel, German heil, Danish hel), from kóhₐilus, coel 'omen', Breton kel 'omen, mention', Old Prussian kails 'healthy', Albanian gjallë 'alive, unhurt', Old Church Slavonic cĕlŭ 'healthy, unhurt', Ancient Greek koîlu 'good'). Related to hale, health, and heal.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wholeadjective
Etymology: walg , Saxon; heal, Dutch.
Burn the whole ram upon the altar. Ex. xxix. 18.
All the whole army stood agaz’d at him. William Shakespeare.
Fierce extremes,
Contiguous might distemper the whole frame. John Milton.Anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 2 Sa. i. 9.
When they had done circumcising all the people, they abode in the camp, till they were whole. Jos. v. 8.
Wholenoun
The totality; no part omitted; the complex of all the parts.
Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of man. Ecclesiastes.
Begin with sense, of ev’ry art the soul;
Parts answering parts, shall slide into a whole. Alexander Pope.It contained the whole of religion amongst the antients; and made philosophy more agreeable. William Broome.
There is a metaphysical whole, when the essence of a thing is said to consist of two parts, the genus and the difference, i.e. the general and the special nature, which, being joined together, make up a definition. Isaac Watts, Logick.
ChatGPT
whole
Whole refers to something that is complete or intact, lacking nothing and without any parts missing or separated. It can also be used to describe a unit or entity that is considered as a single entity, rather than being divided or fragmented.
Webster Dictionary
Wholeadjective
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
Wholeadjective
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
Wholeadjective
possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well
Wholenoun
the entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself
Wholenoun
a regular combination of parts; a system
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Whole
hōl, adj. sound, as in health (so in B.): unimpaired: containing the total amount, number, &c.: all: not defective: complete: in mining, as yet unworked.—n. the entire thing: a system or combination of parts.—adv. wholly.—adjs. Whole′-col′oured, all of one colour; Whole′-foot′ed (coll.) unreserved; Whole′-heart′ed, -souled, noble: hearty, generous; Whole′-hoofed, having undivided hoof; Whole′-length, giving the whole figure, as a portrait: full-length.—n. a portrait or statue giving the whole figure.—ns. Whole′ness; Whole′sāle, sale of goods by the whole piece or large quantity.—adj. buying and selling in large quantities: extensive.—n. Whole′sāler, one who sells by wholesale.—adjs. Whole′-skinned, having an unbroken skin: unhurt: safe in reputation; Whole′some, healthy: sound: salutary: (Shak.) prosperous.—adv. Whole′somely.—ns. Whole′someness; Whole′-stitch, a lace-making stitch used in filling.—adv. Wholly (hō′li), completely, altogether.—n. Wholth, wholeness, soundness.—Whole number, a unit, or a number composed of units, an integral number.—Upon, On, the whole, generally speaking, to sum up.—With whole skin, safe, unscathed. [A.S. hál, healthy; Ice. heill, Ger. heil. By-form hale (1).]
Editors Contribution
whole
Having the complete element or facet.
The whole business is represented at the management meeting and it is so clear teamwork and unity makes the plan work.
Submitted by MaryC on February 9, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'Whole' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #447
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Whole' in Written Corpus Frequency: #377
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Whole' in Nouns Frequency: #500
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Whole' in Adjectives Frequency: #47
Anagrams for Whole »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Whole in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Whole in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Whole in a Sentence
This is another demonstration that this is the 21st Century and we still know so little about our world and there is still so much to be discovered, this city is in a highly trafficked area of Mexico and nobody knew that it was right there the whole time.
A perfect example is in the South, where the schools want to serve grits, but the whole grain variety has little black flakes in it, and the kids won't eat it. The school is compliant with the whole grain requirements, but no one is eating the grits.
We want to make sure we are engaging whole communities so that the broader community understands what we are doing and why, that is particularly important when you're not targeting everyone, because naturally people will ask: 'How come you're vaccinating that person but not me?'.
We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada.
This tragedy – my whole life has been destroyed.
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- كامل, كلArabic
- цэлы, поўныBelarusian
- цял, цяла, цялоBulgarian
- tot, totalitatCatalan, Valencian
- celek, úplný, celýCzech
- цѣлъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- holl, cyfanWelsh
- hel, hele, helhedDanish
- ganz, GanzeGerman
- πλήρης, όλοGreek
- tutaEsperanto
- entero, totalidad, todoSpanish
- osoBasque
- تمامPersian
- täysin, kokonaan, kokonainen, kokoFinnish
- totalité, entier, ensembleFrench
- hielWestern Frisian
- go léir, iomlánIrish
- सारा, पूरा का पूराHindi
- egészHungarian
- ամբողջությամբ, ամբողջություն, սաղ, ողջ, ամբողջArmenian
- utuhIndonesian
- totaIdo
- heild, heillIcelandic
- tutto, interoItalian
- כולוHebrew
- 全体, 全体をJapanese
- ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣKannada
- 全體, 전체Korean
- tōtus, integer, totumLatin
- visuminisLithuanian
- vesels, veselais, viss, veselumsLatvian
- целMacedonian
- heelDutch
- hel, helhet, heltNorwegian
- entièrOccitan
- cały, całkowicie, całośćPolish
- inteiro, todo, integralPortuguese
- entirRomansh
- întreg, total, tot, totalitateRomanian
- целиком, полный, целое, целый, полностьюRussian
- interuSardinian
- ceo, цеоSerbo-Croatian
- úplný, celýSlovak
- celota, celSlovene
- helt, helhet, helSwedish
- முழுவதும்Tamil
- మొత్తంTelugu
- тамомTajik
- ทั้งหมดThai
- tümTurkish
- цілий, повнийUkrainian
- ساراUrdu
- toàn bộ, toàn thể, 全部, 全體Vietnamese
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