• noun:   an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

  Example: "How big is that part compared to the whole?"

• noun:   all of something including all its component elements or parts

  Example: "Europe considered as a whole"

• adjective:   including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

  Example: "Gave his whole attention"

• adjective:   (of siblings) having the same parents

  Example: "Whole brothers and sisters"

• adjective:   exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

  Example: "Whole in mind and body"

• adverb:   to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

  Example: "A whole new idea"

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