Definitions for whole

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whole whole

Spelling: [hohl]

IPA: /hoʊl/

Whole is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in whole (ehlow).

Definitions for whole

noun

1. the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number:
2. a thing complete in itself, or comprising all its parts or elements.
3. an assemblage of parts associated or viewed together as one thing; a unitary system.

Idioms

1. as a whole, all things included or considered; altogether:
2. on / upon the whole, in view of all the circumstances; after consideration. disregarding exceptions; in general:
3. out of whole cloth, without foundation in fact; fictitious:

adjective

1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total:
2. containing all the elements properly belonging; complete:
3. undivided; in one piece:
4. Mathematics. integral, or not fractional.
5. not broken, damaged, or impaired; intact:
6. uninjured or unharmed; sound:
7. pertaining to all aspects of human nature, especially one's physical, intellectual, and spiritual development:

Origin of whole

before 900; Middle English hole, hool (adj. and noun), Old English hāl (adj.); cognate with Dutch heel, German heil, Old Norse heill; see hale¹, Examples for whole

If it may be avoided, I will not see the whole of your youth consumed in anxious watchings.

“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.

And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.

I think, on the whole, I shan't be obliged to learn to braid straw.

Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.

During the whole of the ensuing day, Paralus continued in a deep sleep.

In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.

The whole rested on a golden image of Atlas, bending beneath the weight.

In fact, a large portion of the whole book was built on that anecdote.

What an amazing thing to be able to listen to any music you want, a whole world of bands.