noun
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the state of being entire or whole; completeness
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a thing, sum, amount, etc, that is entire; whole; total
Etymology
Origin of entirety
1300–50; Middle English enter ( e ) te < Middle French entierete < Latin integritāt- (stem of integritās ). See integer, -ity
Example Sentences
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They want a court to decide if the settlement agreement bars the former sub-postmaster from proceeding with his own individual claim and if it does, this would "dispose of the proceedings in their entirety".
From BBC
White said the allegations against the reporter were "denied in their entirety" and were "unsupported by the available evidence".
From BBC
"I think we all want serious criminals to be caught but that doesn't justify subjecting the entirety of your population to suspicion-less identity checks."
From BBC
High-speed services between Madrid and the Andalusian cities of Cordoba, Seville, Malaga and Huelva would be suspended for the entirety of Monday at least, Adif announced.
From Barron's
That year, Juliet Jeske — an anonymous activist who has since outed herself and become a journalist — contact Salon with dozens of clips she’d gathered from watching the entirety of the show.
From Salon
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