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# entirety

«entirety» in Mova's school dictionary: **all of it, the whole thing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (entirety)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) The entirety of something is all of it, the whole thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#m1)

2) In its entirety means completely, from start to finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

It is a formal word found in exam questions, reports and stiff speech: "Read the passage in its entirety". Everyday words: the whole, all of. Phrases: in its entirety, the entirety of.

### examples

- Read the story in its entirety before answering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#x1)
- The entirety of the cake was eaten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#x2)
- He spent the entirety of the holiday reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#x3)
- The film was shown in its entirety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#x4)
- The entirety of the class passed the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#x5)
- She copied the poem in its entirety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#x6)
- The flood covered the entirety of the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#x7)
- Listen to the song in its entirety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirety/#x8)

### note

Formal. Uncountable. From "entire" (whole). Pronounced en-TY-er-tee. In maths, "the entirety" means the whole amount (100%, or 1 whole).

### Trees and pragmatics

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