full
adjective · noun · verb
Simple meaning
Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
fuulIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfʊl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
(category theory, of a functor between locally small categories) Surjective as a map of morphisms
Complete; with nothing omitted.
Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
Total, entire.
noun
Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
The time when the Moon is fully illuminated
“The moon is at the full.”
verb
of the moon
To become full or wholly illuminated.
To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
transitive
To baptise.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
Used this way, full is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- loaded , more casual, better suited to speech than writing
- heavy , a specialist term, precise but narrower
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Word Family
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
Completeness over a broad scope.
To the greatest degree or extent.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
The naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions.
The economic condition when everyone who wishes to work at the going wage rate for their type of labor is employed.
A guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt.
A dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board.
A general officer of the highest rank.
A poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair.
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An absorbent soil resembling clay.
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