adjective / noun / adverb

whole

HOHL/hoʊl/

Complete, with no part missing or left out.

The child holds a whole loaf beside pieces sliced from another.

A child holds an intact round loaf beside sliced pieces from another loaf, making the complete undivided loaf clearly whole.

Etymology

wholeOld Englishentire, uninjured, sound

Old English hāl joined completeness with being uninjured or sound. The modern sense preserves that connection: something whole remains intact rather than divided or missing parts.

In context

Adam Grant2:22

the whole world was stagnating.

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Eddie Pinero0:25

he blocked off his whole day.

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More examples

We need to consider the whole.
The pot remained whole after the fall.
He swallowed the grape whole.

Forms

whole · wholes