whole village

collocation in English

meaningsofwholeandvillage

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whole
adjective
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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village
noun
uk
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/
a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in ...
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(Definition ofwholeandvillagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhole village

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It did not include thewholevillagecommunity.
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The power of this in his own life came through in his story of how a song had the power to galvanise thewholevillage.
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The servants' contact areas were not only the household where they worked, but also thewholevillageand sometimes even further.
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He was, in fact, an adviser and friend of thewholevillage.
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Thewholevillagecommunity of this country are shut off from chemists' shops.
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Thewholevillagelooks not only derelict but cast down.
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In the case of a properly conducted village lottery the promoters are thewholevillage.
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In spite of that, however, the works had to close, leaving thewholevillagedesolate.
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Thewholevillageor community and the local authority can benefit from this knowledge.
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The success of thewholevillagedepends on him.
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The death of that pit will be the death knell for thewholevillage.
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They could get no freehold—none whatever—so that practically thewholevillageis built on leasehold.
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Frequently, these racketeers fleece awholevillagecommunity in some far-flung country.
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Thewholevillageis entirely dependent on producing whiskey and, more importantly, on bottling whiskey.
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Eventually 60 people agreed and now thewholevillagehas gas.
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It runs a farm and supplies thewholevillagewith milk, and its operations are extraordinarily useful and varied.
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The sanitary arrangements are antiquated and thoroughly unsatisfactory, and there is periodical flooding, and thewholevillageis burning with resentment against the delay in putting these matters right.
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We never know when a whole series of homes—the homes of awholevillagecommunity, perhaps—may be wrecked by undermining operations.
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Some came under their own steam by direct arrangements with universities: their fees and their expenses were paid either by their parents or their clan or by awholevillage.
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To some extent thewholevillagesuffers, and some administrative action is being taken to reduce that nuisance.
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