A full-length book, record, or film is the normal length, rather than being shorter than normal.
...his first full-length recording in well over a decade.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A full-length coat or skirt is long enough to reach the lower part of a person's leg, almost to the ankles. A full-length sleeve reaches a person's wrist.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Full-length curtains or other furnishings reach to the floor.
4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A full-length mirror or painting shows the whole of a person.
5. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
Someone who is lying full-length, is lying down flat and stretched out.
She stretched herself out full-length.
full-length in British English
noun(modifier)
1.
extending to or showing the complete length
a full-length mirror
2.
of the original length; not abridged
full-length in American English
(ˈfʊlˈlɛŋkθ; ˈfʊlˈlɛŋθ)
adjective
1.
showing or covering the whole length of an object or all of a person's figure
said of a picture or mirror
2.
of the original, unabridged, or standard length; not shortened
a full-length novel
Examples of 'full-length' in a sentence
full-length
With bare feet, stand in front of a full-length mirror and assess the way you stand when you are not thinking about it.
The Sun (2017)
Writing a full-length orchestral ballet score is a big ask at the best of times; doing it in a month is unheard of.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You have to wonder whether this woman owns a full-length mirror.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This full-length double portrait is a very early example of such a picture in a domestic setting.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What was the only full-length feature film that he had previously directed?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There was also another full-length mirror outside each cubicle.
The Sun (2007)
The discovery of what may be the only full-length portrait of the artist has delighted scholars.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But there is not enough of a story here to sustain a full-length film.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The only solution is to buy a full-length mirror and be honest with yourself.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Basil is obsessed with the man whose full-length portrait he has almost completed.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So take our full-length mirror challenge and workout your health status.
The Sun (2013)
She looked at herself in the full-length mirror of the wardrobe.
Len Deighton Bomber
One in four refused to own a full-length mirror.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You need a full-length trench coat.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In the 13 full-length plays he has written this is a continuing theme.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This new full-length work is based on her life and diaries, all set to electronic music.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He isn't confident that his portraiture can sustain a full-length play.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Expect bumps, grinds and full-length leather coats.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
By 2000 there were about twice as many prizes being given to films as there were full-length films being made.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
For a luxurious alternative to a standard shower screen, make up a full-length curtain to hang along the side of the bath.
Churchill, Jane (ed.) Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings (1993)
Next year she will get the biggest prize a ballerina can hope to receive - the starring role in a brand new full-length ballet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A potentially amusing sketch is stretched into a full-length play that's painfully short on jokes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A full-length story ballet is a work in progress, it takes shape only after many casts have danced it for different audiences.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
full-length
British English: full-length ADJECTIVE
A full-length book, recording, or film is the normal length, rather than being shorter than normal.
...his first full-length recording in well over a decade.