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# entire

adjective (entire); adverb entirely

«entire» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Whole; with every part included (the entire class, the entire day). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#m1)
2. Complete, total (with his entire attention). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used to stress «all of it»: «I ate the entire pizza». In maths, «the entire amount» means the whole total; fractions are parts of an entire thing. Phrases: «the entire world», «the entire time», «in its entirety».

### Examples

- The entire class went on the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x1)
- I read the entire book in one day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x2)
- She spent her entire pocket money on sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x3)
- It rained the entire weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x4)
- The entire school came to watch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x5)
- If you eat 3/8 of a pizza, 5/8 of the entire pizza is left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x6)
- Next morning the king had the entire town searched for his daughter’s shoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x7)

### Note

Used before a noun: «the entire class». Same as «whole»; «entirely» = completely. In maths: the entire thing = 1 whole (8/8 of a pizza); entire amount − part used = part left.

## In Jewish tradition

Used to stress «all of it»: «I ate the entire pizza». In maths, «the entire amount» means the whole total; fractions are parts of an entire thing. Phrases: «the entire world», «the entire time», «in its entirety».

### Examples

- The entire Greek account of Pythagoras and his philosophy is unreliable and most likely is a forgery. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entire/#x1)
- Rabbi Hanina and Rabbi Oshaiah sat the entire eve of the Sabbath studying the Sefer Yetzirah and created a three-year old calf, and ate it' . . . (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entire/#x2)

### Note

Used before a noun: «the entire class». Same as «whole»; «entirely» = completely. In maths: the entire thing = 1 whole (8/8 of a pizza); entire amount − part used = part left.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «entire» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entire» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entire.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «entire» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entire/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entire» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/entire.html) on Mova free.