Antonyms for entirety


Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-tahyuh r-tee, -tahy-ri-
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtaɪər ti, -ˈtaɪ rɪ-


Definition of entirety

Origin :
  • also entierty, mid-14c., enterete, from Anglo-French entiertie, Old French entiereté "totality, entirety; integrity, purity," from Latin integritatem (nominative integritas) "completeness, soundness, integrity," from integer (see integer).
  • noun wholeness, whole
Example sentences :
  • Reasons why this system cannot now be carried out in its entirety.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • This text is a corrected version of the fourth edition of Harrison and Sharp in its entirety.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • His first duty is to rigidly keep his trust in its entirety.
  • Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
  • But reflect:—Can one, in its entirety, be in many places at the same time?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • And if not in its entirety, then it is divided; for it cannot be present with all the parts of being, unless divided.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • It had swallowed them in their entirety and now was disgorging them.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • Sometimes the limbs drop off, piecemeal or in their entirety.
  • Extract from : « The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses » by Robert Charles Hope
  • He found it curiously difficult to grasp the thought in its entirety.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • It should be read in its entirety in the official Journal of the session.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
  • This programme was followed out in all its entirety by Connie.
  • Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade

Synonyms for entirety

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