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I Həʊl Lot Spent People Adjective Forget Thing

Word3 whole
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /həʊl/ /həʊl/
Example
  • let's forget the whole thing.
  • jenna was my best friend in the whole world.
  • it seems i've spent my whole life travelling.
  • the whole family will be there.
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whole

(adjective)/həʊl/ /həʊl/
  1. full; complete
    • Let's forget the whole thing.
    • Jenna was my best friend in the whole world.
    • It seems I've spent my whole life travelling.
    • The whole family will be there.
    • But that's not the whole story, is it?
    • He spent the whole day writing.
    • We drank a whole bottle each.
    • I went through the whole process with them.
    • My whole body ached.
    • The whole country (= all the people in it) mourned her death.
    • The school is keen to involve the whole community in this project.
    • She wasn't telling the whole truth.
  2. used to emphasize how large or important something is
    • I'm going to be talking about a whole range of things today.
    • We are going to have a whole bunch of people over tomorrow night.
    • I can't afford it—that's the whole point.
    • We offer a whole variety of weekend breaks.
    • I think the whole idea is ridiculous.
  3. not broken or damaged
    • SYNONYM (all) in one piece
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/piece_1#piece_idmg_5
    • Owls usually swallow their prey whole (= without biting it into small pieces).
    • Peel the small onions, but leave them whole.
  4. very much; a lot
    • I'm feeling a whole lot better.
  5. a large number or amount
    • There were a whole lot of people I didn't know.
    • I lost a whole lot of money.
  6. everything; all of something
    • I've sold the whole lot.
  7. a completely different thing
    • Now that's a whole 'nother question.

    Word Origin

    • Old English hāl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heel and German heil, also to the verb hail (senses 1-3). The spelling with wh- (reflecting a dialect pronunciation with w-) first appeared in the 15th cent.
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