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as a whole

as a whole
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [az ey hohl]
    • /æz eɪ hoʊl/
    • /əz ə həʊl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [az ey hohl]
    • /æz eɪ hoʊl/

Definitions of as a whole words

  • phrase as a whole If you refer to something as a whole, you are referring to it generally and as a single unit. 3
  • noun as a whole considered altogether; completely 3
  • noun as a whole as a complete unit; altogether 3
  • adjective as a whole comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance. 1
  • adjective as a whole containing all the elements properly belonging; complete: We have a whole set of antique china. 1
  • adjective as a whole undivided; in one piece: to swallow a thing whole. 1

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Origin of as a whole

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English hole, hool (adj. and noun), Old English hāl (adj.); cognate with Dutch heel, German heil, Old Norse heill; see hale1, heal; spelling with w reflects dial. form

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Parts of speech for As a whole

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

as a whole popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

as a whole usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for as a whole

adj as a whole

  • altogether — You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely.
  • bodily — Your bodily needs and functions are the needs and functions of your body.
  • generally — usually; commonly; ordinarily: He generally comes home at noon.
  • jointly — together; in combination or partnership; in common: My brother and I own the farm jointly.
  • together — into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body: to call the people together.

adv as a whole

  • all at once — If something happens all at once, it happens suddenly, often when you are not expecting it to happen.
  • at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
  • in concert — a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
  • unanimously — of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
  • wholly — entirely; totally; altogether; quite.

Antonyms for as a whole

adj as a whole

  • singly — apart from others; separately.

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