- the entirety of something the whole of somethingWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French entierete, from Latin integritas, from integer ‘untouched, whole’, from in- ‘not’ + tangere ‘to touch’. Compare with integrity.
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See entirety in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee entirety in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishin its/their entirety
- as a whole, rather than in parts
- The poem is too long to quote in its entirety.
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