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Added 5 October 2026

entire

/ɪnˈtaɪə/ adjective

In Latin: integer, sollus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about entire at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Whole; complete.
We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

noun

The whole of something; the entirety.
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

Origin

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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