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whole
/hoʊl/
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What does whole mean?
adjective
- Entire, undivided.
- Used as an intensifier.
- Sound, uninjured, healthy.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- From which none of its constituents has been removed.
- As yet unworked.
adverb
- In entirety; entirely; wholly.
noun
- Something complete, without any parts missing.
- An entirety.
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IPA pronunciation
/hoʊl/
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One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it.
“Bring in the whole world. But I refuse to allow that dog to lord it in my nursery for an hour longer.”
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Without corrupting the State legislatures, it cannot prosecute the attempt, because the periodical change of members would otherwise regenerate the whole body.
The “piece-picture,” which hung on the wall and nearly covered one whole end of the room, was the handiwork of Fritz Kohler.
Peter had asked him, of course, for Matthew Cuthbert had never been known to volunteer information about anything in his whole life.