Meaning & use
whole
Complete, entire, or including every part of something, with nothing missing.
See it in a sentence
She ate the whole pizza by herself after skipping lunch.
The whole town gathered in the square to celebrate the festival.
A note on using this word
"Whole" and "hole" are homophones; be careful not to confuse the spellings, since they have unrelated meanings.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
partial
Another way to use it
2. noun
A thing that is complete in itself, or all of something considered as a single unit.
Taken as a whole, the report paints an optimistic picture of the company's future.
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