Adjacent Words
upmanshipupmarket
Upmost
Upokororo
Upolu
Upon
upon my word
upon one's guard
upon some one
Upon the gad
Upon the matter
upon the spot
Upon the square
Upon the whole matter
UPP
Uppent
Upper
Upper Adige
Upper Arlington
Upper Avon
Upper Avon River
upper balcony
Upper Bench
upper berth
upper bound
Upper Canada
upper cannon
Upper Carboniferous
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1929
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Whole Whole, n. 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. ``This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. --J. Montgomery. 2. A regular combination of parts; a system. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. Committee of the whole. See under Committee. Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions. Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
All things considered, in view of all the circumstances, taking everything into account, on the whole.
