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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEntirety
/ɪnˈtaɪ.ə.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state of being complete or total; the whole of something.
"The committee read the report in its entirety before making a decision." - 2
A complete or unified whole entity.
"The artwork must be viewed as an entirety rather than separate components."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'entire', originating from Old French 'entier', which traces back to the Latin 'integer' meaning untouched, whole, or complete. The suffix '-ty' (from Latin '-tatem') was added to form an abstract noun signifying completeness or wholeness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Entirety" is said worldwide
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entièreté
Transliteration: ɑ̃.tjɛʁ.te
"Le document a été lu dans son entièreté."
Ganzheit
Transliteration: ˈɡant͡s.haɪ̯t
"Das Dokument wurde in seiner Ganzheit gelesen."
interezza
Transliteration: in.teˈret.t͡sa
"Il documento è stato letto nella sua interezza."
totalidad
Transliteration: to.ta.liˈdad
"El documento fue leído en su totalidad."
inteireza
Transliteration: ĩ.tejˈɾe.zɐ
"O documento foi lido na sua inteireza."
समग्रता
Transliteration: samagratā
"दस्तावेज़ को उसकी समग्रता में पढ़ा गया।"
完整性
Transliteration: wán zhěng xìng
"该文件已被完整阅读。"
전체성
Transliteration: jeon-che-seong
"문서가 전체적으로 읽혀졌다."
全体
Transliteration: zentai
"その文書はその全体において読まれた。"
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