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whole | enter |

As nouns the difference between whole and enter

is that whole is something complete, without any parts missing while enter is the "enter" key on a computer keyboard.

As an adjective whole

is entire.

As an adverb whole

is (colloquial) in entirety; entirely; wholly.

whole

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Entire.
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  • *1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  • *:During the whole' time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the ' whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
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  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging.He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
  • *, chapter=16
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}
  • Sound, uninjured, healthy.
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  • *1939 , (Alfred Edward Housman), Additional Poems , X, lines 5-6
  • *:Here, with one balm for many fevers found, / Whole of an ancient evil, I sleep sound.
  • (lb) From which none of its constituents has been removed.
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  • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.
  • I ate a fish whole !

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something complete, without any parts missing.
  • An entirety.
  • Meronyms

    * part

    Derived terms

    * as a whole * go the whole hog * make whole * on the whole * out of whole cloth * the whole nine yards * whole shitting match * whole shooting match * whole ball of wax * whole-hearted * wholemeal * whole number * whole step * wholesome * whole-wheat

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    enter

    English

    Alternative forms

    * entre

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
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  • , title= The historie of Wyates rebellion, with the order and maner of resisting the same, […] , passage=
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  • *:Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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  • *:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
  • (lb) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
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  • (lb) To go or come into (a state or profession).
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  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining".}}
  • (lb) To type (something) into a computer; to .
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  • (lb) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
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  • To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
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  • *:I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore.
  • To become effective; to come into effect.
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  • (lb) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
  • (legal) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.
  • to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
    (Burrill)
  • to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry .
  • (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.
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  • to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
  • entered according to act of Congress
  • (obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
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  • *:This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him.
  • Synonyms

    * go in * come in

    Antonyms

    * (intransitive) exit

    Derived terms

    * entrance

    Noun

    (en noun)
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