Meaning

5 senses
  1. Entire, undivided.

    I ate a whole fish.

    ganz

    це́лыйcélyj, це́льныйcélʹnyj, це́лостныйcélostnyj

    ці́лийcílyj, по́внийpóvnyj

  2. Entire, undivided.

    Used as an intensifier.

    I brought a whole lot of balloons for the party. She ate a whole bunch of french fries.

  3. Sound, uninjured, healthy.

    He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.

  4. From which none of its constituents has been removed.

    whole wheat; whole milk

    Voll-

    це́льныйcélʹnyj

  5. As yet unworked.

More definitions
  • including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
  • (of siblings) having the same parents
  • exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
  • acting together as a single undiversified whole

Examples

3318 sentences
  1. Did you read the whole book?

    Ти всю книжку прочитала?

    ruТы прочёл всю книгу?

    deHast du das ganze Buch gelesen?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. How much is the whole package?

    Скільки за весь пакет?

    ruСколько за весь пакет?

    deWie viel kostet das ganze Paket?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. The whole class passed the test.

    Увесь клас склав іспит.

    ruВесь класс сдал экзамен.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. The captain controls the whole ship.

    Капітан керує цілим кораблем.

    ruКапитан контролирует весь корабль.

    deDer Kapitän kontrolliert das ganze Schiff.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. Tom doesn't know the whole story.

    Том не знає всієї історії.

    ruТом не знает всей истории.

    deTom kennt nicht die ganze Geschichte.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
entire:
Русский
By meaning 1
entire:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
entire:
food with no constituents removed:

Origin

From Middle English whol, hol, hole (“healthy, unhurt, whole”), from Old English hāl (“hea

From Middle English whol, hol, hole (“healthy, unhurt, whole”), from Old English hāl (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

wholer/more whole, wholest/most whole
Comparativewholer / more whole Lesson
Superlativewholest / most whole Lesson

regular

Synonyms

27 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

49 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • spent the whole
  • the whole day
  • the whole thing
  • the whole time
  • his whole life
  • whole life
  • whole thing
  • whole day
  • the whole truth
  • the whole story
  • my whole life
  • a whole lot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whole — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto