ENTIRETY


Meaning of ENTIRETY in English

/en tuyeur"tee -tuy"ri-/ , n. , pl. 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.

[ 1300-50; ME enter ( e ) te entierete integritat- (s. of integritas ). See INTEGER, -ITY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .