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  1. perfect                2. sum                   
 
1. whole \'ho-l\ aj [ME hool healthy, unhurt, entire, fr. OE ha-l; akin to 
   OHG he]il healthy, unhurt, ON heill, OSlav cehachek>lubreve> 1a1: free of 
   wound or injury : UNHURT  1a2: recovered from a wound or injury : RESTORED  
   1a3: HEALED  1b: free of defect or impairment : INTACT, UNBROKEN  1c: 
   physically sound and healthy : free of disease or deformity  2: having all 
   its proper parts or components : ENTIRE, UNMODIFI ED {~ milk} 3a: 
   constituting the total sum or undiminished entirety of : INTEGRAL  3b: each 
   or all of the  4a: constituting an undivided unit : UNBROKEN, UNCUT {a R@ 
   roast suckling pig} 4b: directed to one end : not scattered or dispersed : 
   CONCENTRATED  {promised to give it his ~ attention} 5: seemingly complete 
   or total  6: having the same father and mother {~ brother} including 
   everything or everyone without exception. WHOLE implies that nothing has 
   been omitted, ignored, abated, or taken away; ENTIRE may suggest a being 
   completed or perfected; TOTAL implies that everything has been counted, 
   weighed, measured, or considered; ALL may equal WHOLE, ENTIRE, or TOTAL; 
   GROSS implies that customary or expected deductions have not been made SYN 
   syn WHOLE, ENTIRE, TOTAL, ALL, GROSS mean 
2. whole n 1: a complete amount or sum : a number, aggregate, or totality 
   lacking no  part, member, or element 2: something constituting a complex 
   unity : a coherent system or organiza tion of parts fitting or working 
   together as one 1: in view of all the circumstances or conditions : all 
   things considered  2: in general : in most instances : TYPICALLY  - on the 
   whole