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  • 11whole — adj. & n. adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a plate left whole). 2 not less than; all there is of; entire, complete (waited a whole year; tell the whole truth; the whole school… …

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  • 12whole — [hōl] adj. [ME (Midland) hool, for hol, hal < OE hal, healthy, whole, hale: akin to Ger heil, ON heill < IE base * kailo , sound, uninjured, auspicious > Welsh coel, omen] 1. a) in sound health; not diseased or injured b) Archaic healed …

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  • 13Committee of the whole — Whole Whole, n. 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. [1913 Webster] This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. J. Montgomery.… …

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  • 14Upon the whole — Whole Whole, n. 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. [1913 Webster] This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. J. Montgomery.… …

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  • 15Whole — Whole, n. 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. [1913 Webster] This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. J. Montgomery. [1913… …

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  • 16entelechy — n. [Peripatetic philosophy.] 1. Actuality (as distinguished from potential existence), complete realization, ideal reality, perfection, attainment of end, utter fulfilment. 2. Self completed being, thing complete in itself, realized ideal,… …

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  • 17integer — [ ɪntɪdʒə] noun 1》 a whole number. 2》 a thing complete in itself. Origin C16: from L., intact, whole , from in (expressing negation) + the root of tangere to touch ; cf. entire …

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  • 18integer — n. 1 a whole number. 2 a thing complete in itself. Etymology: L (adj.) = untouched, whole: see ENTIRE …

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  • 19in|te|ger — «IHN tuh juhr», noun. 1. a) a whole number: »1, 15, and 106 are integers (as distinct from fractions). b) any positive or negative whole number, or zero. 2. a thing complete in itself; something whole. ╂[< Latin integer whole < in not +… …

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  • 20metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …

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