entire UK /ɪnˈtaɪə/US /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/adjective 7noun 4forms 1 adjective7 •[after a noun] whole, with no part missingWe had the entire building to ourselves for the evening. •Having a smooth margin without any indentation.Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire. — 1899 •Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ. •Not gelded.On top of that, he was entire, which meant his bloodline could carry on. — 2018 •Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla. •Morally whole; pure; sheer.See now, whether pure fear and entire cowardice doth not make thee / wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with us. — 1596 •Internal; interior.Depp is the wound, that dints the parts entire — 1595 noun4 •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. — 2005 •A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted. •Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery. •(no longer used) The whole of something; the entirety.In the entire of the Poems we never hear of a merchant ship of the Greeks. — 1876 formsentires
