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How to pronounce entire
Say it like this: /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does entire mean?
adjWhole; complete.
“We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.”
Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
“Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.”
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
nounThe whole of something; the entirety.
“‘Then is the City Magistrate the entire of your family now?’”
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
“He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated.”
A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
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