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entires

entires is the plural of entire.

Meaning of entire

Noun

entire (countable and uncountable, plural entires)

  1. (archaic) The whole of something; the entirety.
    • In the entire of the Poems we never hear of a merchant ship of the Greeks.1876, WE Gladstone, Homeric Synchronism
  2. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
    • He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated.2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 124
  3. A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
  4. Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.

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Questions about entires

What is entires the plural of?
Entires is the plural of entire.

Words near entires in the dictionary

  1. entire
  2. entire function
  3. entire functions
  4. entirely
  5. entireness
  6. entires
  7. entireties
  8. entirety
  9. entise
  10. entised
  11. entises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entires (page history and authors); entire (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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