entire

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈtaɪə/, SAMPA: /In"taI@/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/, SAMPA: /In"taI@`/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

Positive entire

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. (usually before a noun) The entire thing is the whole thing, every part of it; used for emphasis.

   The highway runs the entire length of the country.

   It exists not just in China, but throughout the entire modern world.

   The war wiped out entire families.

Synonyms

• whole

Related words

• entirety
• entirely

Noun

Singular entire

Plural entires

1. (countable) An entire is a stallion.