Whole

Wholeis a determiner.We usewholebeforenouns and after other determiners (my, the, a/an, their) to talk about quantity. We use it to describe the completeness of something:

I’ve wanted to be an actor mywholelife.

Please can you check thewholedocument?

I thought thewholeexperience was very interesting.

We usethe whole ofwhenwholeis followed by another determiner (my, her, this, the):

She had been in the same job forthewholeofher life.(or… for herwholelife.)

We often usethe whole ofwith periods of time to emphasise duration:

At dawn, he would finally fall into bed and stay therethe whole ofthe next day.

We also usewholeas an adverb:

He took the cake and swallowed itwhole.