being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; "the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook"; "they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each"
(of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; "condominiums were built on the developed site"
(used of societies) having high industrial development; "developed countries"
involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"
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"