entire

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun uncastrated adult male horse
  2. adjective constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
  3. adjective constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; - Bacon

Etymology

From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and integer.

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stallion

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