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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 [ɪnˈtaɪərɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the state of being entire or whole; completeness
2. a thing, sum, amount, etc., that is entire; whole; total
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"

entirety
noun whole, total, sum, unity, aggregate, totality His own diary forms the entirety of the novel.
in its entirety completely, totally, fully, entirely, absolutely, altogether, wholly, every inch, in every respect, lock, stock and barrel The peace plan has been accepted in its entirety by all parties.
Translations
entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərətɪ] N in its entiretyen su totalidad, íntegramente
entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərɪti] n
in its entirety → dans sa totalité
entirety
nGesamtheit f; in its entiretyin seiner Gesamtheit
entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərətɪ] n in its entiretynel suo complesso
entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərətɪ] n in its entiretynel 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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