ENTIRETY Definition & Meaning

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entirety

[ en-tahyuhr-tee, -tahy-ri- ]

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noun

plural entireties.

the state of being entire; completeness:
Homer's Iliad is rarely read in its entirety.
something that is entire; the whole:
He devoted the entirety of his life to medical research.

entirety

/ ɪ��ˈ�ٲ�ɪə��ɪ��ɪ /

noun

the state of being entire or whole; completeness
a thing, sum, amount, etc, that is entire; whole; total

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of entirety¹

1300–50; Middle English enter ( e ) te < Middle French entierete < Latin ��Գٱ𲵰��- (stem of ��Գٱ𲵰�� ). See integer, -ity

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We went home, plopped on the couch and, zonked but inexplicably wired, watched the entirety of "Men in Black," which I’d never seen.

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Federal District Judge James E. Basberg ordered the participants of that chat to save the exchange in its entirety and to turn over their records of it.

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And then, the reception and everything, that was special, for the entirety of the offseason when I was back around here.”

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The White House reacted furiously on Wednesday after The Atlantic magazine published messages between national security officials in a Signal group chat in their entirety.

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He repeated claims that Israeli soldiers left Ballal “blindfolded and handcuffed” for the entirety of his time in custody.

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