ˈen-ˌtī(-ə)r
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Examples of entire in a Sentence
Tanisha Pina, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
The entire stairwell scene ended up taking only one day to film.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
Take a virtual tour of this living room, plus the entire 2023 Real Simple Home.
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—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2023
Images and stories, including Stagg’s very New York chronicles, are broken up and distributed throughout the entire issue.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
At Zwirner, which recently hosted a Yayoi Kusama exhibit that had lines around the block for almost its entire eight-week run, staff are trained to greet visitors and be helpful.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
For instance, Kim Jones, the artistic director of Fendi womenswear and Dior menswear, has created entire collections inspired directly by Woolf and Grant.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
But the task of a quarterback calling plays for an entire game in today’s NFL would be mind-boggling in its complexities.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Tesla’s pioneering electric vehicles kicked off a new era that has turned the entire auto industry on its head.
—WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2023
From Beyonce to Madonna, designers David and Phillipe Blond have spent almost two decades shaping fashion history When Beyoncé stepped on stage in a bodysuit back in 2014, her entire was encrusted in jewels, complete with 3D nipples.
—Kyle Rice, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2022
As storms and fires grow stronger in a warming world, so must the entire of infrastructure, including roads, power, buildings, and people need to be made resilient enough to withstand disasters.
—Camille Squires, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2021
As of 2021, the media bail bond for a felony is $10,000 — an amount that is nearly an entire's year worth of income for the people who can't afford it.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 23 July 2021
Frequently in this production, the entire back wall becomes a movie screen, sometimes capturing live scenes on or just off stage.
—Brian Schaefer, Bloomberg.com, 6 May 2020
Vanore, a 37-year-old television producer, had an entire row to herself on the United Airlines flight last Thursday from Newark to Los Angeles.
—Maxine Joselow, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2020
EDsmart, a college ranking website, is looking for a real die-hard Potterhead to binge-watch the entire Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film series.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2020
Red, Jackson-Posey and Donald Ghostone had three steals each while the entire Flower Mound team had just two for the game.
—Dallas News, 29 Feb. 2020
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Word History
Adjective
Middle English enter, entier, entire, from Anglo-French enter, entier, from Latin integer, literally, untouched, from in- + tangere to touch — more at tangent entry 2
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1597, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Phrases Containing entire
Dictionary Entries Near entire
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“Entire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entire. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.
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