Definition of ENTIRE

entire

Plural: entires

Noun

  • The whole or complete amount of something.
  • uncastrated adult male horse
  • The whole of something; the entirety.
  • An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
  • A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
  • Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.

Adjective Satellite

  • constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
    • "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"
  • constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; - Bacon
    • "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"
  • (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
  • (used of domestic animals) sexually competent
    • "an entire horse"

Adj

  • Whole; complete.
  • Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
  • Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
  • Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
  • Not gelded.
  • Morally whole; pure; sheer.
  • Internal; interior.

Examples

  • He decided to shuffle his rack, trusting the entire set of tiles to rearrange favorably.
  • We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 6

entire: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
entire: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
entire: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

entire: valid Words With Friends Word