Etimology
From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer, from in- (“not”) + tangō (“touch”). Doublet of integer.
adjective
entire (not comparable)
(sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
(botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
(botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
(complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
(of a male animal) Not gelded.
Morally whole; pure; sheer.
Internal; interior.
Examples
We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]
On top of that, he was entire, which meant his bloodline could carry on.
See now, whether pure fear and entire cowardice doth not make theewrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with us.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
Depp is the wound, that dints the parts entire
Related words
related terms
integrity
integrate
noun
entire (countable and uncountable, plural entires)
(now rare) The whole of something; the entirety.
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
(philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.
Examples
In the entire of the Poems we never hear of a merchant ship of the Greeks.
‘Then is the City Magistrate the entire of your family now?’
He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated.