entire village

collocation in English

meaningsofentireandvillage

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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪər/us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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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 ofentireandvillagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofentire village

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Theentirevillageagreed to work together and to supply each farmer in turn.
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Moreover, not only the death of two persons was dealt with, but also the destruction and transformation of anentirevillage.
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If a family delegation proposes and is turned away, the household suffers a loss of face in theentirevillage.
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It is not enough to say that it would be wrong, all things considered, to blind theentirevillage.
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In 1967, a reconciliation ceremony brought theentirevillage, including those residing outside the village, to the village sacred site, feuveuck.
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Today theentirevillageis composed of three large kinships descended from the three founders, each with several lineages.
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Rather, we have no moral reason, not even a weak prima facie one, to blind theentirevillage.
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During temple festivals, for example, seedlings are grown in earth brought from the northeast, whose fertility encapsulates that of theentirevillage.
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But there seems little doubt that many individuals and evenentirevillagecommunities took deliberately to smuggling on a regular basis.
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In another sense, however, the association itself served as a kind of trendsetting group that vigorously promoted activities to improve the life of theentirevillagecommunity.
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It supports the claim that we have no reason to blind theentirevillagejust for the sake of promoting equality of well-being as an independent value.
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Worst of all, on one pre-arranged harvest day anentirevillagerefused to work because the chief had died the previous night.
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Phase 1 of land distribution aimed at eliminating large landownership by setting the maximum ownership at oneentirevillageand conscating the "excess" villages.
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Anentirevillagehas been decimated and there are no other employment prospects.
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That is the most effective reduction on any street in theentirevillage.
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I thank him for all the work that he has done delivering letters to theentirevillageand me—we are extremely grateful.
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The survival of the furniture factory, which is the largest unit in the village, is critical to the well-being of theentirevillage.
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It is not easy to see how one can be compensated adequately for the removal of the water supply of anentirevillage, but there it is.
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