the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
(of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters"