whole

adjective

/həʊl/

/hoʊl/

Definition

A2 complete or not divided: I spent the whole day cleaning. There's still a whole month till my birthday. After my exercise class, my whole body ached. The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake. This whole thing (= situation) is ridiculous. Bill does nothing but moan the whole time (= all the time). You have to stand up in court and promise to tell 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth'. Her dance compositions added a whole (= completely) new dimension to the contemporary dance repertoire.Complete and wholeVery and extreme › informal used to emphasize something: I've got a whole heap of work to do this afternoon. The new computers are a whole lot (= much) faster.Very and extremeComplete and wholeIntensifying expressions

(Definition of whole adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)