entire
//ɪnˈtaɪə//
Forms
- Plural
- entires
Definitions
1.Whole; complete.
- We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
2.Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
- Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.
3.Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
4.Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
1.An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
- He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated.
2.A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
3.Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #792
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”).
Doublet of entier and integer.