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as a whole

as a whole prepositional phrase: used to relate to all the parts of something: altogether, on the whole.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Used to relate to all the parts of something: altogether, on the whole
    • The sets are being sold as a whole, which affects the trade as a whole.
    • If a Bushel of Wheat be considered as a Whole whose Parts are Eight Gallons, and if Five of those Gallons be assumed, then the remaining Three are the Complement of that Part to the Whole.1735, John Kirkby, Arithmetical Institutions: Containing a Compleat System of Arithmetic Natural, Logarithmical, and Algebraical
    Synonyms:
    in toto

as a whole meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Assamese

as a whole in Tamil

சகடு

as a whole in Bengali

সম্পূর্ণরূপে, সামগ্রিকভাবে

as a whole in Kannada

ಒಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ

as a whole in Assamese

As a whole, -টো, to mean a wide period or thing, -খন
সাঁজ

Synonyms of as a whole

Questions about as a whole

What does as a whole mean?
As a whole means used to relate to all the parts of something: altogether, on the whole.
What is as a whole in Tamil?
As a whole in Tamil is சகடு. See As a whole meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is as a whole?
As a whole is a prepositional phrase.

Words near as a whole in the dictionary

  1. as a matter of facts
  2. as a motherfucker
  3. as a mug
  4. as a result
  5. as a rule
  6. as a whole
  7. as above, so below
  8. as against
  9. as all fuck
  10. as all get out
  11. as all get-out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as a whole (page history and authors); as a whole (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); as a whole (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); as a whole (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); সাঁজ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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