entire

noun

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.

(now rare) The whole of something; the entirety.

adjective

(sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.

Morally whole; pure; sheer.

(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.

Internal; interior.

Roots

tangotir- · Latin · touch

Synonyms for entire

wholeadj fulladj intactadj totaladj integraladj completeadj alladj comprehensiveadj undividedadj exhaustiveadj

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The word entire breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root tir-, from Latin tango (“touch”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.