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# entire

«entire» in Mova's school dictionary: **Whole; with every part included (the entire class, the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (entire); adverb entirely

### meaning for a pupil

1) Whole; with every part included (the entire class, the entire day). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#m1)

2) Complete, total (with his entire attention). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used to stress «all of it»: «I ate the entire pizza». In maths, «the entire amount» means the whole total; fractions are parts of an entire thing. Phrases: «the entire world», «the entire time», «in its entirety».

### examples

- The entire class went on the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x1)
- I read the entire book in one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x2)
- She spent her entire pocket money on sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x3)
- It rained the entire weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x4)
- The entire school came to watch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x5)
- If you eat 3/8 of a pizza, 5/8 of the entire pizza is left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x6)
- Next morning the king had the entire town searched for his daughter’s shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/#x7)

### note

Used before a noun: «the entire class». Same as «whole»; «entirely» = completely. In maths: the entire thing = 1 whole (8/8 of a pizza); entire amount − part used = part left.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «entire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.