whole
US /hoʊl/
adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The whole team stayed late to finish the proposal before the deadline.
Word Family
NounNoun
whole gốc
wholeness
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
whole gốc
AdverbAdv
whole gốc
wholly
Synonyms
- entireuncastrated adult male horse
- completecome or bring to a finish or an end
- intactconstituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; - Bacon
Collocations
- Easy eat the whole appleto eat the whole apple, meaning to take in solid food
- Medium present the whole project plan to managementto present the whole project plan to management, meaning to give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- Hard the economy as a whole faces severe headwindsreferring to the economy as a whole faces severe headwinds
- Very Hard swallowed whole by a predatory financial leviathanto swallowed whole by a predatory financial leviathan, meaning to pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
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