Are you trying to hyphenate wholes? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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All of something including all its component elements or parts Europe considered as a whole The whole of American literature |
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An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity How big is that part compared to the whole? The team is a unit |
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Including all components without exception Being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration Complete Gave his whole attention A whole wardrobe for the tropics The whole hog A whole week The baby cried the whole trip home A whole loaf of bread |
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(of siblings) having the same parents Whole brothers and sisters |
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Not injured |
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Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health Hale and hearty Whole in mind and body A whole person again |
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Acting together as a single undiversified whole A solid voting bloc |
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To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') He was wholly convinced Entirely satisfied with the meal It was completely different from what we expected Was completely at fault A totally new situation The directions were all wrong It was not altogether her fault An altogether new approach A whole new idea |