Meaning of whole thing in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Noun

    whole thing

    Definitions

    1. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

    Examples

    • « how big is that part compared to the whole? »
    • « the team is a unit »

    Derived terms

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  • « I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think it's just terrific. There's so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing. »
    Debbie Harry
  • « But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there. »
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  • « A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. »
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    Roger Daltrey
  • « The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that it's not all about characters, relationships and themes, it's also about place and the poetry of place. It's about the spirit of what you find, the accidents of what you stumble across. »
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