entirety

[en-tahyuhr-tee, -tahy-ri-]

noun

plural

entireties 

1. the state of being entire; completeness.

   Homer's Iliad is rarely read in its entirety.

2. something that is entire; the whole.

   He devoted the entirety of his life to medical research.

entirety

/ ɪnˈtaɪərɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state of being entire or whole; completeness

2. a thing, sum, amount, etc, that is entire; whole; total

Word History and Origins

Origin of entirety¹

1300–50; Middle English enter ( e ) te < Middle French entierete < Latin integritāt- (stem of integritās ). See integer, -ity

Example Sentences

He spent the entirety of his career, which yielded 50 wins from 59 fights, at heavyweight while the latter stages of Mayweather's career were at welterweight.

From BBC

A dominant Silicon Valley model is to move fast and break things; the entirety of the “Alien” franchise demonstrates how little potential human cost factors into such gambits.

From Salon

In her memoir, Sturgeon claimed that her predecessor was opposed to gay marriage and that he did not read the entirety of his government's white paper on Scottish independence, published before the 2014 referendum.

From BBC

But on Wednesday, reports emerged on social media that some staff working for Stripe had told customers the sale of LGBTQ+ content in its entirety would not be allowed either.

From BBC

Russia would dearly love to expand its control over the entirety of Luhansk and Donetsk.

From BBC