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entirety

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en·tire·ty  (n-tr-t, -trt)
n. pl. en·tire·ties
1. The state of being entire or complete; wholeness: To appreciate the poem, one must read it in its entirety.
2. The entire amount or extent; the whole: "We rarely remember the entirety of the plot" Anthony Burgess.

entirety
Noun
pl -ties
1. all of a person or thing: you must follow this diet for the entirety of your life
2. in its entirety as a whole
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Noun1.entiretyentirety - the state of being total and complete; "he read the article in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the destruction"
completeness - the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed
full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works, works - everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment"

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Translations
Spanish entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərətɪ] n in its entirety → en su totalidad
French entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərətɪ] n in its entirety → dans sa totalité
German entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərətɪ] entire n in its entirety → in seiner Gesamtheit
Italian entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərətɪ] n in its entirety → nel suo complesso

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I did not know whether it was well written or not; I never thought about that; it was simply there in its vast entirety, its inexhaustible opulence, and I was rich in it beyond the dreams of avarice.
In the holy science of our order all is one, all is known in its entirety and life.
It is odd therefore, that the one apposite passage which recurred to me in its entirety was in hexameters and pentameters
 
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