whole rest

noun

: a musical rest corresponding in time value to a whole note

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And that was kind of bothering me throughout the whole rest of the year. — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 24 June 2022 That small change in perspective lifted the whole rest of my week. — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026 So how does something in this tiny region influence the whole rest of it? — Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2022 But there’s a whole rest of the world out there, too, with lots of fantastic destinations that don’t make it onto many travelers’ radars. — Billie Cohen, AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025 Anyone who cites these examples as proof that one person might be right while the whole rest of the world is wrong is being neither honest nor historically accurate. — Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2015 Because of the way that resources are distributed in our fundamentally unequal society, very few people hold the trump cards in terms of wealth and resources over the whole rest of the population. — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025

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First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of whole rest was in 1839

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“Whole rest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20rest. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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whole rest

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: a musical rest equal in time to a whole note
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