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entire

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtʌɪə, ɛn-/

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Definition of entire

adjective

1 [attributive] with no part left out; whole:my plans are to travel the entire world
without qualification or reservations; absolute:an ideological system with which he is in entire agreement

2not broken, damaged, or decayed.

3(of a male horse) not castrated.

4 Botany (of a leaf) without indentations or division into leaflets.

noun

an uncastrated male horse.

Origin:

late Middle English (formerly also as intire): from Old French entier, based on Latin integer 'untouched, whole', from in- 'not' + tangere 'to touch'

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