Whole

Definition: Whole

Whole

Adjective

1. Including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread".

2. (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters".

3. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again".

Adverb

1. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "It was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly' as in "a whole new idea").

Noun

1. All of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe as a whole"; "the whole of American literature".

2. An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the repairman simply replaced the unit".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "whole" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Whole

Completeness

Adjective: complete, entire; whole; perfect; full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary; solid, undivided; with all its parts; all-sided.

Health

Adjective: healthy, healthful; in health; Noun: well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole; florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof.

Crosswords: Whole

Honey, I watched you the whole time, and you didn't screw up once (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

It's kind of like when you go on vacation: you plan everything out, but then one day you make a wrong turn, or take a detour, and you end up in some crazy place you can't even find on the map, doing something you never thought you'd do. Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening, but later you realize it was the best part of the whole trip (Threesome; writing credit: Andrew Fleming.)

I mean, that just screws up my whole idea of good and evil and God. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

Anywhere I can see a whole lotta sky. I get through the days, I even eat the food (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe)

The whole thing stinks like yesterday's diapers (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price)

Completed my whole life (Thank God I Found You; performing artist: 98 Degrees)

You love is thick and it swallowed me whole (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD WANTS TO KNOW (I Know Where It's At; performing artist: All Saints)

I don't know how this whole business started (How Much I Feel; performing artist: Ambrosia)

Sacario the name hold weights the whole issue (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . . . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in his whole lifetime. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Save the whales. Collect the whole set. (references; author: unknown)

A crisis is when you can't say: "Let's forget the whole thing. (references; author: unknown)

A dog who attends a flea circus most likely will steal the whole show. (references; author: unknown)

Did you hear about the man who lost his whole left side? He's all right now. (references; author: unknown)

The Whole World Is Watching (1969)

I.B. Dam and the Whole Dam Family (1905)

His Vision and a Whole Lot of Concrete Jean Laliberté: A Man (2001)

Queen of the Whole Wide World (2001)

Laptop: Whole Wide World (1998)

WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN' GOIN ON  (performing artist: Jerry Lee Lewis )

Whole Lotta Love (performing artist: Led Zeppelin)

IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU  (performing artist: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell )

The Whole World (performing artist: Outkast featuring Killer Mike)

A Whole New World (performing artist: Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Whole Foods Market, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Whole Living, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Whole or Broken Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruit in Africa (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Whole or Broken Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruit Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Whole or Broken Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruit Export Supplies (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• The Whole Chile Pepper Book (reference)

• American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook: More Than 200 Delicious, Heart-Healthful Recipes for the Whole Family (reference)

• Christmastime Treats: Recipes and Crafts for the Whole Family (reference)

• Say No to Circumcision!: 40 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Respect His Birthright and Keep Your Son Whole (reference)

• The Whole Person Fertility Program: A Revolutionary Mind-Body Process to Help You Conceive (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Whole Earth (reference)

• Whole Foods : The Natural Foods Business Journal (reference)

• Whole Life Times (reference)

• Whole Notes (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Anne Frank - The Whole Story (reference)

• Ronni Diamond's Whole In One - Yoga For Golfers (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Whole New You (reference)

• You Don't Have To Be Jewish / When You're In Love The Whole World Is Jewish (1966 Studio Cast) [CAST RECORDING] [CAST RECORDING] [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• CHANNEL PLUS 3015 Whole House Distribution with Single Input Modulator (reference)

• IStyle Personal Makeover: Uncover a Whole New You Limited Edition (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Vornado DVH Vortex Whole Room Heater with Digital Display (reference)

• Omni Corporation 0B1 Whole House Water Filter (reference)

• Vornado 610W Whole Room Air Circulator, Whitestone (reference)

• Vornado 750B Whole Room Air Circulator, Black (reference)

• Vornado 750G Whole Room Air Circulator, Greystone (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A hot pink plate on a light pink-checkered tablecloth. On the plate is a tall, conical glass of a yellow liquid, garnished with a lemon slice, some purple grapes and a straw. In front of the glass is a long stirring spoon. Behind it are a whole pineapple and a green bowl with 2 whole lemons. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

(2) color slides show different quantities of cantaloupe melons. (1) whole melon next to a cantaloupe sliced in half, (1) wedge of cantaloupe melon. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

A photomicrograph of a whole mount of virulent T. pallidum. This microscopic bacterium (spirochete) is a worm-like spiral-shaped organism that wiggles vigorously when viewed under a microscope. Credit: CDC.

"Pretty Waves" (hi-res movie) by Tom Tredon. This is just one small clip from the movie. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A (the speed) and B (the whole graph's amplitude).

Whole Earth. Credit: NASA.

Submerged aquatic vegetation along the lower Atchafalaya. Whole trees frequently wash down the river at flood stage. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A good view of the whole west side of New Bedford Harbor. At the bottom of the image is I95 and in the far off distance one of the contamination sources can be seen. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Common inshore red goatfish - Parupeneus porphyreus These fish feed on small crustaceans and swallow them whole. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Skeleton of whole coral colony. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Scouting a farm for pest problems. Scouting is part of an integrated pest management system that treats only the portions of a field that have problems, rather than the whole field, resulting in using fewer farm chemicals. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale; and one measure of corn, to wit, "the London quarter"; and one width of cloth (whether dyed, or russet, or "halberget"), to wit, two ells within the selvedges; of weights also let it be as of measures. (reference)

And he certainly can have no absolute power over the whole family, who has but a very limited one over every individual in it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 3: Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. (reference)

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. (reference)

The constitution vests the whole judicial power of the United States in one Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as congress shall, from time to time, ordain and establish. (reference)

They have no interests separate and apart from those of the proletariat as a whole. (reference)

The result will be determined by the majority of votes cast in the whole of this section. (reference)

This can only be achieved by reaching now, in 1946, a good understanding on all points with Russia under the general authority of the United Nations Organization and by the maintenance of that good understanding through many peaceful years, by the world instrument, supported by the whole strength of the English-speaking world and all its connections. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The difference in that respect of Richmond and London was enough to make the whole difference of seeing him always and seeing him never

Bruno ignored the whole proceeding, and strolled to the window, quite with the air of a fashionable gentleman

He went the whole length of the expression, and said that he would see him in that extremity first

It had stupefied all blessed impulses, and awakened into vivid life the whole brotherhood of bad ones

Unluckily he had fallen so that the whole weight rested upon his breast

He felt his whole body hot and confused in a moment

And his torn face awakened from its numbness, and his whole head throbbed

My master observed the whole performance with great signs of curiosity and admiration

In the large towns and cities, where civilization especially prevails, the number of those who own a shelter is a very small fraction of the whole.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Use only whole fruit for snacks. (references)

Genes, however, are not the whole story. (references)

In an autopsy, the whole brain is examined after death. (references)

Business

The franchise sector as a whole continues to expand. (references)

Dramatic changes have transformed the whole industry over the last decade. (references)

This may lead to the addition of several ratios, not summing to the whole. (references)

Children

Congo

There were no documented cases in which security agents or others targeted children for specific abuse, although children were affected by the same generalized social disorder and widespread disregard for human rights that impact society as a whole. (references)

Rwanda

According to a 1996 study conducted by the Government and the U.N. Population Fund, 59.6 percent of the population aged 6 and over had primary education, but only 48 percent of the population as a whole was literate; 52 percent of men were literate compared to 45 percent of women. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yugoslavia

Living conditions for Roma in Serbia were, on the whole, extremely poor. (references)

Economic History

Romania

This practically paralyzed whole segments of the economy. (references)

Kuwait

Whole chickens represent 90 percent of total imports of chicken meat. (references)

Switzerland

Besides that, a whole variety of photographs are also frequently offered. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

Whole communities sometimes are subjected to massive security checks. (references)

Georgia

Aside from the judicial system, law enforcement as a whole still has not undergone significant reform. (references)

Korea

International NGO's and defector sources contend that whole families, including children, are imprisoned together. (references)

Indigenous People

Panama

Illiteracy among indigenous groups is almost 50 percent, compared with 10 percent among the population as a whole. (references)

Minorities

Greece

Many Greek Muslims, including Pomaks, identify themselves as Turks and say that the Muslim minority as a whole has a Turkish cultural consciousness. (references)

Spain

The Romani community, whose size is estimated by NGO's at several hundred thousand, suffers from substantially higher rates of poverty and illiteracy than the population as a whole. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

Auto sales on the whole have been declining since the 1998 recession. (references)

Pakistan

In 1970 the Awami League swept the elections in East Pakistan and gained a majority in the country as a whole. (references)

Cyprus

In short, the whole economic structure of Cyprus is being transformed as a result of the drive for harmonization. (references)

Political Rights

China

Foreign observers who have monitored local village committee elections and have judged the elections they observed, on the whole, to have been fair. (references)

Trade

Hong Kong

There are no special zones since the whole territory is basically a free trade zone. (references)

Costa Rica

The process of obtaining funds from the Inter-American Development Bank has averaged 18 months in Costa Rica, double the average for the region as a whole. (references)

Travel

Philippines

An extensive road network links practically the whole of the archipelago. (references)

Honduras

The northern part of the country is basically hot and humid the whole year. (references)

Korea

With timely subways and city buses that service the whole city, the only real problem is the traffic. (references)

Women

Lithuania

Women are underrepresented significantly in some professions, business, and the managerial sector as a whole. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The percentage of women in some professions and in the managerial sector as a whole does not correspond to their percentage of the population. (references)

Tunisia

Several NGO's focus, in whole or in part, on women's advocacy, or research women's issues, and a number of attorneys represent women in domestic cases. (references)

Worker Rights

Gabon

The Labor Code provides for collective bargaining by industry, not by firm; collectively bargained agreements set wages for whole industries. (references)

Malawi

Essential services are specified as services whose interruption would endanger the life, health, or personal safety of the whole or part of the population; they are determined by the Industrial Relations Court (IRC) upon application by the Minister of Labor. (references)

Guatemala

The weakness of the judicial system as a whole, the severe shortage of competent judges and staff, a heavy backlog of undecided cases, and failure to enforce effectively court rulings, all contribute to the labor courts' lack of credibility and effectiveness. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Whole

And sustains the whole

The whole glory

A whole

Expressions using "whole": ad on the whole ♦ All the whole ♦ as a whole ♦ Committee of the whole ♦ Committee of the whole house ♦ get off with whole skin ♦ go the whole hog ♦ go the whole length ♦ in the whole ♦ in whole ♦ it's a whole new ball game ♦ let's call the whole thing off ♦ Living Whole ♦ looking at it as a whole ♦ made out of whole cloth ♦ on the whole ♦ out of whole cloth ♦ part to whole relation ♦ roasted whole ♦ standardized whole milk ♦ take the whole lot ♦ tempered whole tone ♦ that's the whole thing in a nutshell ♦ the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth ♦ the whole ♦ the whole bag of tricks ♦ the whole blessed day ♦ the whole booble ♦ the whole boodle ♦ the whole caboodle ♦ The whole concern ♦ the whole issue ♦ the whole kit ♦ the whole kit and caboodle ♦ the whole lot ♦ the whole of ♦ the whole outfit ♦ the whole parish ♦ the whole period ♦ the whole shebang ♦ the whole span of the english history ♦ the whole thing ♦ the whole time ♦ the whole truth and nothing but the truth ♦ the whole way ♦ two halves make a whole ♦ upon the whole ♦ upon the whole matter ♦ whole blood ♦ Whole Blood Coagulation Time ♦ whole body dose ♦ whole body hazard ♦ whole body irradiation ♦ whole bottle ♦ whole brother ♦ whole bunch of ♦ whole caboodle ♦ whole cell vaccine ♦ whole day ♦ whole duck ♦ whole gale ♦ whole heartedly ♦ whole holiday ♦ whole human blood ♦ whole kit ♦ whole kit and boodle ♦ whole kit and caboodle ♦ whole life costing of earthworks slopes ♦ Whole Life Healing ♦ whole life insurance ♦ whole lot ♦ whole meal ♦ whole meal bread ♦ whole meal flour ♦ whole milk ♦ whole name ♦ whole note ♦ whole number ♦ whole piece ♦ whole rest ♦ whole shebang ♦ whole shoot ♦ whole sister ♦ whole slew ♦ whole snipe ♦ whole step ♦ whole thing ♦ whole to part relation ♦ whole tone ♦ whole truth ♦ whole week ♦ whole wheat ♦ whole wheat bread ♦ whole wheat flour ♦ whole works ♦ whole year ♦ with a whole skin ♦ With all one's whole heart ♦ with my whole heart ♦ with one's whole heart. Additional references.

Beginning with "whole": whole-batch, whole-body, Whole-Body Counting, Whole-Body Irradiation, whole-bred, whole-cell, whole-circuit, whole-class, whole-colored, whole-coloured, whole-corn bread, whole-corn meal, whole-curriculum, whole-day, whole-falls, whole-food, whole-footed, whole-grain, whole-gut, whole-head, whole-healing, whole-hearted, whole-heartedly, whole-heartedness, whole-hog, whole-hogger, Whole-hoofed, whole-hospital, whole-house, Whole-length, whole-life, whole-mantle, whole-meal, whole-meal bread, whole-milk, whole-molecule, whole-mount, whole-natured, whole-north, whole-of-life, whole-person, whole-rock, whole-rye bread, whole-rye meal, whole-sale dealer, whole-scale, whole-school, Whole-souled, whole-staff, whole-team, whole-text, whole-time, whole-tone, whole-tone scale, whole-tones, whole-trunk, whole-wheat, whole-word, whole-word method.

Ending with "whole": part-whole.

Containing "whole": education-of-the-whole-man.

Afrikaans

volledig (entire, integral, overall), hele (entire, integral, overall). (various references)

Albanian

njësi (echelon, one, oneness, unit), i tërë (all, clear, downright, entire, gross, integral, thorough, total, undivided), i plotë (all out, big, broad, clear, close, complete, comprehensive, crowded, dead, direct, dyed in the wool, entire, flush, fraught, full, gross, integral, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plummy, pregnant, radical, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unabbreviated, uncut, unquestioning, utter), i padëmtuar (intact, unbroken, unimpaired), i pacenuar (intact, pristine), i gjithë (all, entire, full, livelong), gjithë (all, all the, each, every, every one, everybody, everything, panto-), e tërë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏كل (all, any, each, either, every, jade, livelong, tire), ‏كامل (absolute, all out, complete, completed, concluded, consummate, entire, essential, finalized, finished, full, full blown, full scale, integral, integrate, out and out, outright, perfect, plenary, plumb, rounded off, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unqualified, utter), ‏متكامل (complete, integral, total), ‏مجموع (aggregate, aggregated, entirety, score, sum, total), ‏لم يصب بأذى, ‏غير مكسور (unbroken), ‏تام (blank, complete, crass, entire, every, flat, gone, implicit, integral, outright, perfect, perfected, performed, plenary, pure, rank, regular, round, sound, thorough, thoroughgoing, unconditional, unequivocal, unqualified, utter), ‏سالم (entire, safe, scotfree, unharmed, unscathed), ‏صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, exact, faithful, hale, honest, indeed, ortho, plumb, precise, proper, pure, real, reasonable, regular, right, seemly, sincere, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable), ‏جميع (all, commonalty). (various references)

Bulgarian 

физически здрав (able bodied), еднокръвен (consanguine, consanguineous), неделим (impartible, indivisible, infrangible, integral, unitary), необезмаслен, невредим (harmless, safe, safe and sound, scatheless, scot free, uncrippled, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unscarred, unscathed), органическо цяло, всичко (all, anything, everything, lock stock and barrel), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole-footed, whole-hog), физически добре, сбор (aggregate, amount, assembly, dues, fee, fete, lump, muster, number, tot, total, troop), цял (cool, entire, full, good, intact, integral, integrate, livelong, overall, perfect, regular, right, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabridged, unbroken, undivided), цяло (integer, total, unit), цялост (complex, continuity, entirety, fullness, fulness, integrality, oneness, plenitude, thoroughness, totality, wholeness), цялостен (across the board, all around, all out, complete, intact, integral, integrate, mass, organic, overall, radical, teetotal, thorough, total), цялостна система, роден (born, borne, domestic, german, germane, home, home-bred, native, natural, own, vernacular), с триците. (various references)

Catalan

sencer (entire, integral, overall). (various references)

Chinese 

統 (to gather, to unify, to unite), 整體 (as a whole, entirety, integrated, overall), 整整 (full), 整体 (monolithic), 整個 (entire, total), 整 (complete, entire, exactly, in good order, in order, orderly), 全部 (complete, entire), 全 (all, complete, entire, every), 完全 (complete, entirely, totally), 完 (appropriate, complete, entire, proper, should, suitable, to be over, to finish), 囫 (in one lump). (various references)

Czech

celý (all, entire, solid, unbroken). (various references)

Danish

hel (entire, integral, overall). (various references)

Dutch

vol (complete, entire, full, integral, overall, replete, satisfied), heel (absolute, at all, complete, completely, entire, entirely, fully, integer, integral, overall, quite, through, unbroken, very, very much, wholly), geheel (at all, completely, entire, entirely, entirety, fully, integer, integral, overall, quite, through, total, wholly), gans (entire, goose, integral, overall), compleet (absolute, complete, completely, entire, entirely, full, integral, overall, through). (various references)

Esperanto

tuto, tuta (entire, overall). (various references)

Faeroese

allur (all the, each, entire, every, every one, everybody, integral, overall). (various references)

Farsi 

همه (All, Every), کامل (Absolute, Complete, Culminant, Exact, Intact, Integral, Large, Main, Mature, Perfect, Plenary, Stark, Thorough, Unabridged, Unmitigated, Unqualified), تمام (All, Complete, Entire, Full, Integral, Main, Off, Outandout, Thorough, Through), سالم (Hale, Healthy, Intact, Lucid, Safe, Salubrious, Sane, Sound, Valid, Well), سراسر (Quite, Throughout), دست نخورده (Entire, Intact, Virgin), درست (Accurate, Authentic, Conscionable, Correct, Entire, Even, Exact, Genuine, Integral, Just, Legitimate, Orthodox, Outandout, Perfect, Plumb, Right, Smackdab, Sock, Sound, Straight, Straightforward, True, Trustworthy, Upright, Valid, Veracious), بی خرده . (various references)

Finnish

kokonainen (entire, total), koko (dimensions, entire, fairly, integral, overall, rather, size, stature, the whole, volume). (various references)

French

entier. (various references)

Frisian

hielendal (entire, integral, overall), hiel (absolute, complete, entire, integral, overall, total), gânsk (entire, integral, overall), gâns (entire, integral, overall, quite, very, very much), finaal (entire, integral, overall). (various references)

German

Ganze (all, complete set, ensemble, entire, entirety, lot), ganz (all, all of, at all, bodily, complete, completely, entire, entirely, exactly, full, general, in full, intact, integral, just, overall, perfect, pretty, purely, quite, rather, really, reasonably, total, unbroken, unbrokenly, unmitigated, unmitigatedly, utterly, wholly). (various references)

Greek 

όλοσ (all, wholly), όλο (all, total, wholeness), μη αλεσμένος (unground), υγιήσ (able bodied, fit, healthy, sane, sound, well), άρτιοσ (even, full), άρτιος (intact), ακέραιοσ (integral, undivided), ακέραιος (intact, integral), ακομμάτιαστοσ, ολόκληροσ