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ENTIRETY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being total and complete

Example:

appalled by the totality of the destruction

Synonyms:

entireness; entirety; integrality; totality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("entirety" is a kind of...):

completeness (the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entirety"):

full treatment; kit and boodle; kit and caboodle; whole caboodle; whole kit; whole kit and boodle; whole kit and caboodle; whole shebang; whole works; works (everything available; usually preceded by 'the')

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