ENTIRETY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does entirety mean? 

• ENTIRETY (noun)
  The noun ENTIRETY has 1 sense:

1. the state of being total and complete

  Familiarity information: ENTIRETY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTIRETY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being total and complete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

entireness; entirety; integrality; totality

Context example:

appalled by the totality of the destruction

Hypernyms ("entirety" is a kind of...):

completeness (the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entirety"):

full treatment; kit and boodle; kit and caboodle; whole caboodle; whole kit; whole kit and boodle; whole kit and caboodle; whole shebang; whole works; works (everything available; usually preceded by 'the')

 Context examples 

The collective identity of the entirety of carbohydrates (glycans) in an organism.

(Glycome, NCI Thesaurus)