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entirety

/ɪnˈtaɪ.ə.ɹə.ti/US/ɪnˈtaɪ.əɹ(ə)ti/

entirety noun: the whole; the complete or amount.

Noun

entirety (countable and uncountable, plural entireties)

  1. The whole; the complete or amount.
    • Due to the early rainout, the game will be replayed in its entirety on Friday.
    • This was a superb win, albeit a somewhat controversial one, a great drive in a thrilling race, in which Leclerc had to sustain the most intense pressure from one Mercedes driver or another for the entirety of the race distance.2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport

entirety meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

entirety in Hindi

wholeness
समग्रता samagratā, पूर्णता pūrṇatā

entirety in Tamil

விருத்தாந்தம், ஆமம்

entirety in Telugu

entirety, whole
మొత్తము mottamu

entirety in Malayalam

aggregate, whole, total
പൂർണ്ണത, സാകല്യാവസ്ഥ, സമഗ്രത, സമ്പൂർണ്ണത, അഖണ്ഡത, സമഷ്ടി
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entirety in Kannada
ಮೊತ್ತ motta
entirety in Arabic
كَافَّة kāffa, تَمَام tamām, كَمَال kamāl, كُلّ kull

Examples of entirety in a sentence

  • A small number of persons has ever perused Shakespeareanism in its entirety.
  • Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.
  • A staker earns a part or the entirety of the transaction fees upon transaction validation.

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Synonyms of entirety

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of entirety

Forms of entirety

pluralentireties
alternative formintirety

Plural of entirety: entireties

Origin of entirety

From Middle English enterete, from Old French entiereté, from Latin integritās, from integer (“complete, whole”). Doublet of integrity.

Words formed from entirety

Phrases with entirety

Questions about entirety

What does entirety mean?
Entirety means the whole; the complete or amount.
What is entirety in Hindi?
Entirety in Hindi is समग्रता (samagratā), पूर्णता (pūrṇatā). See Entirety meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is entirety?
Entirety is a noun.
How do you pronounce entirety?
Entirety is pronounced /ɪnˈtaɪ.əɹ(ə)ti/ (US).
What is the plural of entirety?
The plural of entirety is entireties.

Words near entirety in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: entirety (page history and authors); entirety (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); మొత్తము (Telugu) (page history and authors); entirety (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಮೊತ್ತ (Kannada) (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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