whole
adjective
us
/hoʊl/ uk
/həʊl/ The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake.
whole thing This whole thing (= situation) is ridiculous.
whole truth You have to stand up in court and promise to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."
Her dance compositions added a whole (= completely) new dimension to the contemporary dance repertoire.
informal
used to emphasize something:
- (all) in one piece idiom
- aggregate
- all or nothing idiom
- all told idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- full strength
- full-blown
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- implicit
- soundly
- systemic
- systemically
- thorough
- thoroughgoingly
- thoroughly
- through and through idiom
- to the last idiom
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Grammar
whole
adverb
us
/hoʊl/ uk
/həʊl/whole adverb (IN ONE PIECE)
whole adverb (COMPLETELY)
- abjectly
- absolutely
- abundantly
- abundantly clear
- beyond
- biblical
- downright
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- imagine
- infinitely
- particularly
- richly
- stupefyingly
- super
- super-duper
- super-spectacular
- superabundantly
- totally
- violently
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Grammar
a complete thing:
- I don't know anything about the workings of other departments or about the organization as a whole.
- The improvement in sales figures had a beneficial effect on the company as a whole.
- She drinks a lot less now, to the benefit of her health as a whole.
- In gestalt psychology and gestalt psychotherapy, people's thoughts and emotions are seen as complex wholes.
- Four quarters make a whole.
