as a whole

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1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
2. containing all the elements properly belonging; complete: We have a whole set of antique china.
3. undivided; in one piece: to swallow a thing whole.
4. Mathematics. integral, or not fractional.
5. not broken, damaged, or impaired; intact: Thankfully, the vase arrived whole.
6. uninjured or unharmed; sound: He was surprised to find himself whole after the crash.
7. pertaining to all aspects of human nature, especially one’s physical, intellectual, and spiritual development: education for the whole person.

noun

8. the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number: He accepted some of the parts but rejected the whole.
9. a thing complete in itself, or comprising all its parts or elements.
10. an assemblage of parts associated or viewed together as one thing; a unitary system.

Idioms

11. as a whole, all things included or considered; altogether: As a whole, the relocation seems to have been beneficial.
12. on/upon the whole,
    1. in view of all the circumstances; after consideration.
    2. disregarding exceptions; in general: On the whole, the neighborhood is improving.
13. out of whole cloth, without foundation in fact; fictitious: a story made out of whole cloth.

adjective

1. containing all the component parts necessary to form a total; completea whole apple
2. constituting the full quantity, extent, etc
3. uninjured or undamaged
4. healthy
5. having no fractional or decimal part; integrala whole number
6. of, relating to, or designating a relationship established by descent from the same parents; fullwhole brothers
7. out of whole cloth US and Canadian informal entirely without a factual basis

adverb

8. in an undivided or unbroken pieceto swallow a plum whole

noun

9. all the parts, elements, etc, of a thing
10. an assemblage of parts viewed together as a unit
11. a thing complete in itself
12. as a whole considered altogether; completely
13. on the whole
    1. taking all things into consideration
    2. in general

n.

“entire body or company; the full amount,” late 14c., from whole (adj.).

adj.

Old English hal “entire, unhurt, healthy,” from Proto-Germanic *khailaz “undamaged” (cf. Old Saxon hel, Old Norse heill, Old Frisian hal, Middle Dutch hiel, Dutch heel, Old High German, German heil “salvation, welfare”), from PIE *koilas (cf. Old Church Slavonic celu “whole, complete;” see health). The spelling with wh- developed early 15c. The sense in whole number is from early 14c. For phrase whole hog, see hog.

adj.

1. Not wounded, injured, or impaired; sound or unhurt.
2. Having been restored; healed.

n.

1. An entity or system made up of interrelated parts.

All parts or aspects considered, altogether, as in I like the play as a whole, though the second act seemed somewhat slow. [Early 1800s] Also see on the whole.

In addition to the idioms beginning with whole

• whole ball of wax, the
• whole hog
• whole kit and caboodle, the
• whole megillah
• whole new ballgame, a
• whole nine yards, the
• whole shebang

also see:

• as a whole
• go whole hog
• on the whole
• out of whole cloth

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