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Definition of entirety noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

entirety

noun

NAmE//ɪnˈtaɪərt̮i//

, NAmE//ɪnˈtaɪrət̮i//

[singular] (formal) the entirety of something

the whole of something

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Idioms

in its/their entirety

as a whole, rather than in parts The poem is too long to quote in its entirety.

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