(education) A method of teaching literacy that emphasises the recognition of words in an everyday context; often contrasted with phonics.

plural of whole number

Alternative spelling of heartwhole

plural of whole rest

(music) A pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two half rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is four beats.

plural of whole note

(usually with the) All the elements constituting a whole or occurring as a unit. / (usually with the) Something or someone that possesses a full set of relevant characteristics, usually desirable ones.

plural of whole step

(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones or two-twelfths of an octave

Everybody; all the world.