whole
In entirety; entirely; whollyIn entirety; entirely; wholly.
» Did you read the whole book?
Hast du das ganze Buch gelesen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Habt ihr das ganze Buch gelesen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Haben Sie das ganze Buch gelesen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ты прочёл всю книгу? — Biga
Вы всю книгу прочли? — marafon
Ты всю книгу прочёл? — marafon
Ты всю книгу прочла? — marafon
Ти всю книжку прочитала? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(colloquial)In entirety; entirely; wholly.
I ate a fish whole!
That’s a whole other story.
ganz
целико́мcelikóm, по́лностьюpólnostʹju
цілко́мcilkóm
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
Examples
3318 sentencesDid you read the whole book?
Ти всю книжку прочитала? — deniko
ruТы прочёл всю книгу? — Biga
deHast du das ganze Buch gelesen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
How much is the whole package?
Скільки за весь пакет? — uaspeaker
ruСколько за весь пакет? — timsa
deWie viel kostet das ganze Paket? — human600
The whole class passed the test.
Увесь клас склав іспит. — brambury
ruВесь класс сдал экзамен. — Hellerick
The captain controls the whole ship.
Капітан керує цілим кораблем. — leyla
ruКапитан контролирует весь корабль. — Lenin_1917
deDer Kapitän kontrolliert das ganze Schiff. — xtofu80
Tom doesn't know the whole story.
Том не знає всієї історії. — deniko
ruТом не знает всей истории. — odexed
deTom kennt nicht die ganze Geschichte. — Espi
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English whol, hol, hole (“healthy, unhurt, whole”), from Old English hāl (“heaFrom 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”).
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Forms
more whole, most whole| Comparative | more whole Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most whole |
regular
Synonyms
73 synonyms- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely:whollyentirelycompletelytotallyallaltogetherright
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.