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Adjective
- acting together as a single undiversified whole
- exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
- (of siblings) having the same parents
- whole brothers and sisters
- including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
- a whole wardrobe for the tropics
- the baby cried the whole trip home
Adverb
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
- entirely satisfied with the meal
- it was completely different from what we expected
- the directions were all wrong
- it was not altogether her fault
- an altogether new approach
Noun
- an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
- how big is that part compared to the whole?
- all of something including all its component elements or parts
- Europe considered as a whole
- the whole of American literature