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entirety

[en-tahyuhr-tee, -tahy-ri-]

noun

plural

entireties 
  1. the state of being entire; completeness.

    Homer's Iliad is rarely read in its entirety.

  2. something that is entire; the whole.

    He devoted the entirety of his life to medical research.



entirety

/ ɪˈٲɪəɪɪ /

noun

  1. the state of being entire or whole; completeness

  2. a thing, sum, amount, etc, that is entire; whole; total

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of entirety1

1300–50; Middle English enter ( e ) te < Middle French entierete < Latin Գٱ𲵰- (stem of Գٱ𲵰 ). See integer, -ity
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Although different parts of it have been on display before, the showing at the Tate will be the largest public display of the quilt in its entirety since it was created in 1994.

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Media outlets outside California and social media users have been calling the entirety of Los Angeles a war zone as demonstrators and law enforcement have clashed since Friday.

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Of course, the millionaires who own almost the entirety of the stock market will resist even a small percentage payback to the country that made them rich.

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I memorized the entirety of the film “The Notebook.”

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In a statement on Thursday, lawyers for the Tates said that "once those proceedings are concluded in their entirety then they will return to face UK allegations".

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