Meanings
plural entireties · alternative intirety
- countableuncountableThe whole; the complete or amount.
Due to the early rainout, the game will be replayed in its entirety on Friday.
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This was a superb win, albeit a somewhat controversial one, a great drive in a thrilling race, in which Leclerc had to sustain the most intense pressure from one Mercedes driver or another for the entirety of the race distance.
2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC SportSynonyms: totality, whole, entireness, fullness, pleroma, totalness, wholeness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe whole; the complete or amount.
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Origin
- Latinintegritās
- Old Frenchentiereté
- Middle Englishenterete
- Englishentirety
From Middle English enterete, from Old French entiereté, from Latin integritās, from integer (“complete, whole”). Doublet of integrity.
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Afrikaans geheel
- geheelwholeness
Arabic كَافَّة, تَمَام
- كَافَّة (kāffa)wholeness
- تَمَام (tamām)wholeness
- كَمَال (kamāl)wholeness
- كُلّ (kull)wholeness
Catalan totalitat
- totalitatwholeness
Chinese Mandarin 全部, 全體 /全体
- 全部 (quánbù)wholeness
- 全體 /全体 (quántǐ)wholeness
Esperanto tuto
- tutowholeness
Estonian täielikkus, tervik
- täielikkuswholeness
- tervikwholeness
Finnish kokonaisuus
- kokonaisuuswholeness
French entièreté
- entièretéwholeness
German Gesamtheit
- Gesamtheitwholeness
Hindi समग्रता, पूर्णता
- समग्रता (samagratā)wholeness
- पूर्णता (pūrṇatā)wholeness
Italian interezza
- interezzawholeness
Latvian veselums
- veselumswholeness
Polish całość
- całośćwholeness
Portuguese totalidade
- totalidadewholeness
Russian полнота́
- полнота́ (polnotá)wholeness
Spanish enterez (disused), integridad
- enterez (disused)wholeness
- integridadwholeness
- totalidadwholeness
- enterezawholeness
Turkish bütünlük
- bütünlükwholeness
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Cite this entry
entirety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entirety
“entirety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entirety. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entirety,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entirety.
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