{
    "term": "entire",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "including everything, everyone or every part",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The entire village was destroyed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You two are her favourite people in the **entire world**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the entire region/nation/country/community"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film is perfect for the **entire family**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wasted an entire day on it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have never in my **entire life** heard such nonsense!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease threatens to wipe out the **entire population**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has spent her entire career teaching in higher education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a great workout for the entire body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The entire process takes less than 15 minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gallery runs the entire length of the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The issues identified by Canadian officials affected the entire industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She said the public education system was failing an entire generation of Americans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Street gangs had gained control of neighbourhoods and even entire cities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have only won six games the entire season."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Viruses can wipe out an entire computer system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is planning to promote its entire range of products across Europe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The entire team played well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My entire music collection is on my laptop."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "whole"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtaɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "en/entire/entire__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtaɪər/",
                "audio": "en/entire/entire__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (formerly also as intire): from Old French entier, based on Latin integer ‘untouched, whole’, from in- ‘not’ + tangere ‘to touch’."
}