as a whole

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   as one thing or piece and not as separate parts

In the movies · 6

• We must act to benefit society as a whole.Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• After harvesting water from the top of our greenhouses, which is almost a billion liters, then we use that water to irrigate the trees.Mully2015
• has had on the motoring world as a whole, it can’t be overstated.Barbie2023
• It was really a hard time for this country as a whole.Mully2015
• and the nation of France as a whole will take that into account.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• Not the whole time.Knocked Up2007
• This is it? The whole vault?Big Fish2003
• And the whole blackmail and...Knives Out2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
  • Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal
  • Dagny and Rearden's Metal Deal
  • Rearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift
• Barbie2023
  • Barbie Rewrites the Doll Story
  • Barbie's Perfect Day in Barbie Land
  • Ken Beaches Off and Gets Hurt
• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night

From the same entry

• a whole lot
• a whole lot
• the whole lot
• on the whole

More idioms

• get your own way
• go through the motions
• have it in you
• leave it at that
• on sale
• out of the ordinary
• be fair
• in the wrong
• draw the line
• that is
• that is to say
• along lines