Whole

/hoʊl/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A complete thing; an entirety.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

An entire amount; all.

I spent a whole week on vacation.

adjective

All of something; entire; complete.

She ate the whole cake by herself.

Not divided or broken; intact.

He kept the whole amount of the money safe.

Consisting of all parts; not lacking anything.

The project requires a whole team to succeed.

Old English 'hal', meaning entire or healthy.

whole picture:

An overall view or understanding of a situation.

whole lot:

A large amount or degree of something.

the whole nine yards:

Everything; the whole extent.

Whole hog

He went the whole hog with his new project.

Whole shebang

I bought the whole shebang for the party.