I.
noun
1 all of sth
VERB + WHOLE
▪ comprise , cover , embrace , encompass , involve , span
▪
The project involved the ~ of the university.
▪ fill , occupy , take up
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The library takes up the ~ of the first floor.
▪ permeate , pervade
▪
Technology permeates the ~ of our lives.
2 complete thing
ADJECTIVE
▪ coherent , cohesive , harmonious , homogeneous , integrated , organized , seamless
▪
She was struggling to organize her ideas into a coherent ~.
▪ one , single
▪ larger
▪
The text must be seen as part of a larger ~.
▪ complex
▪
The author examines each aspect of Roman society, then attempts to summarize the complex ~.
▪ meaningful , satisfying
▪
At this age, babies do not yet combine sounds into a meaningful ~.
▪ organic
▪ collective , social
VERB + WHOLE
▪ form , make , make up
▪
He tried to fit the pieces of evidence together to make a coherent ~.
PHRASES
▪ as a ~
▪
Unemployment is higher in the north than in the country as a ~.
II.
adj.
Whole is used with these nouns: ↑ affair , ↑ almond , ↑ array , ↑ atmosphere , ↑ basis , ↑ batch , ↑ battery , ↑ body , ↑ building , ↑ business , ↑ charade , ↑ concept , ↑ continent , ↑ crowd , ↑ cycle , ↑ decade , ↑ document , ↑ earth , ↑ evening , ↑ existence , ↑ experience , ↑ face , ↑ family , ↑ food , ↑ fortnight , ↑ future , ↑ gamut , ↑ generation , ↑ grain , ↑ herd , ↑ idea , ↑ incident , ↑ issue , ↑ length , ↑ life , ↑ lifetime , ↑ lot , ↑ mess , ↑ milk , ↑ minute , ↑ month , ↑ mystery , ↑ nation , ↑ neighbourhood , ↑ night , ↑ note , ↑ number , ↑ oats , ↑ ordeal , ↑ package , ↑ picture , ↑ point , ↑ purpose , ↑ range , ↑ realm , ↑ region , ↑ saga , ↑ self , ↑ semester , ↑ sentence , ↑ sequence , ↑ series , ↑ set , ↑ situation , ↑ society , ↑ soul , ↑ spectrum , ↑ story , ↑ succession , ↑ tenor , ↑ thing , ↑ thrust , ↑ truth , ↑ universe , ↑ wardrobe , ↑ wealth , ↑ week , ↑ wheat , ↑ width , ↑ workforce , ↑ world , ↑ year