'Upon the whole' definitions:
Definition of 'Upon the whole'
From: GCIDE
- Whole \Whole\, n.
- 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. [1913 Webster]
- This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. --J. Montgomery. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A regular combination of parts; a system. [1913 Webster]
- Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Committee of the whole. See under Committee.
- Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross. [1913 Webster]