entireadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ɪnˈtaɪər/us/ɪnˈtaɪr/B2 whole or complete, with nothing missing:
Between them they ate an entire cake.
He'd spent the entire journey asleep.
They got an entire set of silver cutlery as a wedding present.
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- A sense of doom hung over the entire country.
- Only one goal was scored in the entire match.
- The mountains stretch the entire length of the country.
- He spent the entire afternoon watching a cricket match.
- His entire working life was spent with the same firm.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- completely
- flat
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- hilt
- root
- totally
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
- unequivocal
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