entirety

[en-tahyuhr-tee, -tahy-ri-]

noun

plural

entireties 

1. the state of being entire; completeness.

   Homer's Iliad is rarely read in its entirety.

2. something that is entire; the whole.

   He devoted the entirety of his life to medical research.

entirety

/ ɪnˈtaɪərɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state of being entire or whole; completeness

2. a thing, sum, amount, etc, that is entire; whole; total

Word History and Origins

Origin of entirety¹

1300–50; Middle English enter ( e ) te < Middle French entierete < Latin integritāt- (stem of integritās ). See integer, -ity

Example Sentences

As of this week, viewing ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” in its entirety would fill up roughly 19 sleepless days of your life.

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Federal Election Commission upheld nearly the entirety of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms as constitutional.

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In times gone by, each season a club would buy a set of shirts and they'd likely be worn for the entirety of the campaign - home and away.

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Cherny would later file suit against Aspiration Partners, alleging the company didn’t pay him the entirety of his severance package agreed to in October 2022, according to a complaint filed in federal court.

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Confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels occur frequently in the contested waterway, which Beijing claims nearly in its entirety despite an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis.

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