as a whole
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.43 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Used to relate to all the parts of something: altogether, on the whole
Example Sentences
- "The sets are being sold as a whole, which affects the trade as a whole."
- "If a Bushel of Wheat be considered as a Whole whose Parts are Eight Gallons, and if Five of those Gallons be assumed, then the remaining Three are the Complement of that Part to the Whole."
- "And just as it is only the animal organism as a whole that can be regarded as a real entity, the calls of which it is composed having no distinct independent life, so Comte constantly repeats that 'Humanity is the only real existence, the individual being a mere metaphysical abstraction.'"
- "Economically, too, London is startlingly different. The capital, unlike the country as a whole, has no budget deficit: London’s public spending matches the taxes paid in the city. The average Londoner contributes 70 percent more to Britain’s national income than people in the rest of the country."