whole

adjective, noun (a whole, wholes)

«whole» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Whole means all of it, with no part missing: «the whole cake». tree →
A whole is a complete thing made of parts: «Two halves make a whole». tree →
A whole number is a number like 0, 1, 2, 3 with no fraction or decimal part. tree →

In the lessons

the entire problem; all of a group; «the whole» is the total of all the parts; whole numbers have no fractions; phrases: «the whole class», «as a whole», «whole number», «on the whole» (mostly)

Examples

Read the whole problem first, then choose. tree →
Ben ate the whole cake. tree →
The whole class has 28 children. tree →
Two halves make one whole. tree →
7 is a whole number, but 7.5 is not. tree →
It rained the whole day. tree →
The snake swallowed the egg whole. tree →
On the whole, I like school. tree →
Here they stay a whole day. tree →

Note

Read everything before deciding. «the whole» is the total of all the parts. Trap: «whole» and «hole» (an opening) sound the same. «whole» goes with countable things (the whole cake); «all» goes with both (all the milk).

In Jewish tradition

"Whole-hearted" means fully devoted and sincere, as said of Noah and in the command to be whole with God.

Interpretation. Tradition reads "whole" as integrity: serving God without doubt or division, and Noah is "whole" in his generation.

Examples

Thou shalt be whole-hearted with the LORD thy God. (Torah DEU.18.13, JPS 1917) tree →
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. (Torah GEN.11.1, JPS 1917) tree →
Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God. (Torah GEN.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
Or who hath disposed the whole world? (Writings JOB.34.13, JPS 1917) tree →
Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine. (Writings JOB.41.3, JPS 1917) tree →
The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint; (Prophets ISA.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Meaning

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «whole» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«whole» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «whole» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«whole» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whole/