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Meaning of whole

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  whole
      adv 1: 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"
             [syn: {wholly}, {entirely}, {completely}, {totally},
             {all}, {altogether}, {whole}] [ant: {part}, {partially},
             {partly}]
      adj 1: 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" [ant: {fractional}]
      2: (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and
         sisters" [ant: {half}]
      3: not injured [syn: {unharmed}, {unhurt}, {unscathed}, {whole}]
      4: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and
         hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
         [syn: {hale}, {whole}]
      5: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid
         voting bloc" [syn: {solid}, {unanimous}, {whole}]
      n 1: all of something including all its component elements or
           parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of
           American literature"
      2: 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" [syn: {whole}, {unit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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