It was months before the whole truth came out. the whole school/country/village etc (=all the people in a school, country etc) The whole town came out for the parade. 2 → whole lot 3 → a whole range/series/variety etc (of something) 4 complete and not divided or broken into parts Place a whole onion inside the chicken. a snake swallowing a
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whole adjective uk / həʊl / us / hoʊl / A2 complete or not divided: I spent the whole day cleaning. There's still a whole month till my birthday. After my exercise class, my whole body ached. The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake. This whole thing (= situation) is ridiculous. Bill does nothing but complain the whole time (= all the time).