"wholeness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-wholeness.ogg Forms: wholenesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English holnesse, holnes, from Old English hālnes (“wholeness”), equivalent to whole + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|holnesse}} Middle English holnesse, {{inh|en|ang|hālnes|t=wholeness}} Old English hālnes (“wholeness”), {{suf|en|whole|ness}} whole + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} wholeness (usually uncountable, plural wholenesses)
  1. The quality of being whole. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quality of being whole): цялост (cjalost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 完整性 (wánzhěngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), celost (Czech), tuteco (Esperanto), kokonaisuus (Finnish), eheys (Finnish), koskemattomuus (Finnish), jakamattomuus (Finnish), entièreté (French), Ganzheit [feminine] (German), Ganzheitlichkeit [feminine] (German), Vollständigkeit [feminine] (German), ολότητα (olótita) [feminine] (Greek), pienezza (Italian), całość [feminine] (Polish), deplinătate (Romanian), plenitudine [feminine] (Romanian), caracter complet [neuter] (Romanian), це́лостность (célostnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), це́льность (célʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), entereza [feminine] (Spanish), integridad [feminine] (Spanish), bütünlük (Turkish), tamlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-wholeness-en-noun-PCS7eJO4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'quality of being whole': 91 9
  2. The entirety, the whole thing as opposed to part. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wholeness-en-noun-mgCwgNRC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: entirety, whole

Inflected forms

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