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wholes

wholes is the plural of whole.

Meaning of whole

Noun

whole (plural wholes)

  1. Something complete, without any parts missing.
    • This variety of fascinating details didn't fall together into an enjoyable, coherent whole.
  2. An entirety.
    • It is not clear how she imagined the Bolsheviks could keep themselves in power in 1918 while allowing free elections, since the proletariat was only a minority and it could not by any means be supposed that the whole of it would vote for them.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

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Phrases with wholes

Questions about wholes

What is wholes the plural of?
Wholes is the plural of whole.

Words near wholes in the dictionary

  1. wholemount
  2. wholemounts
  3. wholeness
  4. wholenesses
  5. wholer
  6. wholes
  7. wholesale
  8. wholesaled
  9. wholesalely
  10. wholesaleness
  11. wholesaler

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