entire meaning
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[ɪnˈtaɪə] [ənˈtaɪə] [ɪnˈtaɪɚ] [ənˈtaɪɚ] [-aɪə(ɹ)] 
US WEntire
- In philately, see Cover
- In mathematics, see Entire function
- In animal fancy and animal husbandry, entire indicates that an animal has not been desexed, that is, spayed or neutered
- In botany, an entire leaf is a leaf having a smooth margin without notches (teeth) or indentations (lobes)
- NounPLentiresPREent-
- Adjective
- (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
- We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
- (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
- (botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
- (complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
- (of a male animal) Not gelded.
- Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
- Internal; interior.
- (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- With gentle, overlapping blows, use a planishing hammer, first to work down the fused seam, and then to planish the entire cylinder. — from instructions for making a pewter cup
- Did you double check and triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?
- To keep the focus away from his client, the lawyer basically played possum during the entire complex trial, and his tactic paid off with an acquittal.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of entire in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en entirely
- en entirety
- en entires
- en entireness
- en entireties
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "entire" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.