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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whole \Whole\, n.
1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts;
totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a
thing complete in itself.
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This not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die. --J.
Montgomery.
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2. A regular combination of parts; a system.
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Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
--Pope.
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{Committee of the whole}. See under {Committee}.
{Upon the whole}, considering all things; taking everything
into account; in view of all the circumstances or
conditions.
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Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.
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