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{
"term": "entire",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "including everything, everyone or every part",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The entire village was destroyed."
},
{
"text": "You two are her favourite people in the **entire world**."
},
{
"text": "the entire region/nation/country/community"
},
{
"text": "The film is perfect for the **entire family**."
},
{
"text": "I wasted an entire day on it."
},
{
"text": "I have never in my **entire life** heard such nonsense!"
},
{
"text": "The disease threatens to wipe out the **entire population**."
},
{
"text": "She has spent her entire career teaching in higher education."
},
{
"text": "This is a great workout for the entire body."
},
{
"text": "The entire process takes less than 15 minutes."
},
{
"text": "The gallery runs the entire length of the building."
},
{
"text": "The issues identified by Canadian officials affected the entire industry."
},
{
"text": "She said the public education system was failing an entire generation of Americans."
},
{
"text": "Street gangs had gained control of neighbourhoods and even entire cities."
},
{
"text": "They have only won six games the entire season."
},
{
"text": "Viruses can wipe out an entire computer system."
},
{
"text": "The company is planning to promote its entire range of products across Europe."
},
{
"text": "The entire team played well."
},
{
"text": "My entire music collection is on my laptop."
}
],
"synonyms": "whole"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtaɪə(r)/",
"audio": "en/entire/entire__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtaɪər/",
"audio": "en/entire/entire__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (formerly also as intire): from Old French entier, based on Latin integer ‘untouched, whole’, from in- ‘not’ + tangere ‘to touch’."
}