"as a whole" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-as a whole.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} as a whole, {{en-PP}} as a whole
  1. (idiomatic) Considered all together. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: on the whole Translations (considered all together): entute (Esperanto), kokonaisuutena (Finnish), tout compte fait (French), somme toute (French), en fin de compte (French), nell'insieme (Italian), tutto sommato (Italian), in fin dei conti (Italian), alla fine della fiera (Italian), w ogólnym rozrachunku (Polish), como um todo (Portuguese), в це́лом (v célom) (Russian), en conjunto (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-as_a_whole-en-prep_phrase-horsWmyC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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