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View usage for: entirety in British English (ɪnˈtaɪərɪtɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties1. the state of being entire or whole; completeness 2. a thing, sum, amount, etc, that is entire; whole; total entirety in American English (ɛnˈtaɪrti; ɪnˈtaɪrti) nounWord forms: plural enˈtireties1. the state or fact of being entire; wholeness; completeness 2. an entire thing; whole; total 3. Law undivided or sole possession Word origin ME enterete < OFr entieretéExamples of 'entirety' in a sentenceentirety It touches on the entirety of life as sacred.The countryside was to be considered in its entirety rather than an actual or potential zone of conflict between competing interests.For him, writing about art was writing about life in its entirety.The entirety of time and space is his playground, from the dawn of the Universe to its end. In other languagesentirety British English: entirety NOUNin sth's entirety If something is used or affected in its entirety, the whole of it is used or affected. The peace plan has not been accepted in its entirety by all parties. - American English: entirety
- Brazilian Portuguese: total
- Chinese: 整体
- European Spanish: totalidad
- French: intégralité
- German: Gesamtheit
- Italian: integralità
- Japanese: 全部
- Korean: 전부
- European Portuguese: total
- Latin American Spanish: totalidad
Definition all of a person or thing His own diary forms the entirety of the novel. phraseSee in its entiretyAdditional synonymsDefinition an amount or total formed from separate units society viewed as an aggregate of individuals Synonyms total, body, whole, amount, collection, cluster, mass, sum, combination, pile, mixture, bulk, lump, heap, accumulation, assemblage, agglomerationA group is more than the sum of the individuals in it. Synonyms totality, whole, aggregate, entirety, beginning and end, summation Definition the whole, esp. regarded as the sum of a number of parts The companies have a total of 1,776 employees. Synonyms sum, mass, entirety, grand total, whole, amount, aggregate, totality, full amount, sum total, all- enticing
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