fulladjective
uk/fʊl/us/fʊl/full adjective (CONTAINING A LOT)
A2 (of a container or a space) holding or containing as much as possible or a lot:
A2 containing a lot of things or people or a lot of something:
involving a lot of activities:
UK to be talking or thinking a lot about something that you have enjoyed or found exciting:
to think and act as if you are very important:
to think that you are very important in a way that annoys other people:
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- Her book is full of long convoluted sentences.
- We've brought a cooler full of beer with us.
- He's got a whole drawer full of odd socks.
- The museum is full of rare and precious treasures.
- It was a rough mountain road, full of stones and huge holes.
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Full
- alive
- alive with sth idiom
- awash
- be a rich seam to mine idiom
- be riddled with sth idiom
- bristle
- burst
- congested
- cramped
- crowded
- heaping
- heaving
- heavy with sth idiom
- ridden
- riddled
- rife
- sardine
- saturate
- saturation point
- seam
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full adjective (COMPLETE)
A2 [ before noun ] complete, whole, or containing a lot of detail:
B1 completely:
UK If an activity is in full flow, it is happening fast and with energy:
If an event is in full swing, it has already been happening for a period of time and there is a lot of activity:
able to be seen by other people:
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- The board concurred that the editor should have full control over editorial matters.
- He made a full confession to the police.
- When the newspapers published the full story, all his earlier deceits were revealed.
- The prognosis after the operation was for a full recovery.
- The minister accepted full responsibility for the disaster and resigned.
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Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- flat
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- plain
- root
- totally
- unabridged
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
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full adjective (GREATEST POSSIBLE)
B1 [ before noun ] the greatest possible:
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- The opposition was in full cry in Parliament last night over the proposed changes to the education bill.
- When we arrived, the party was in full swing and the room was abuzz.
- You need it on full lock .
- The move from stage to films allowed Gildit to give full play to his sense of the fantastic.
- I don't feel I'm achieving my full potential in my present job.
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Maximum and minimum
- (at) full stretch idiom
- at least idiom
- bare
- ceiling
- credit limit
- critical mass
- limit
- majority
- mass
- max
- max out
- maximal
- min
- minimum
- minority
- most
- most
- outside
- the full monty
- utmost
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full adjective (FOOD)
B2 also full up having eaten so much food that you cannot eat any more:
having recently eaten:
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- I've only eaten one course and I'm already full.
- The children were too full to eat their pudding, and they asked to get down from the table.
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Full
- alive
- alive with sth idiom
- awash
- be a rich seam to mine idiom
- be riddled with sth idiom
- bristle
- burst
- congested
- cramped
- crowded
- heaping
- heaving
- heavy with sth idiom
- ridden
- riddled
- rife
- sardine
- saturate
- saturation point
- seam
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full adjective (LARGE)
(of clothing) loose or containing a lot of material, or (of parts of the body) quite large and rounded:
used to avoid saying "fat":
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Big and quite big
- appreciable
- baronial
- burly
- capacious
- commodious
- fair
- grand
- heavy
- juicy
- L, l
- large-scale
- largish
- macro
- mass
- spacious
- supersize
- swamp
- sweeping
- the bigger the better idiom
- walk-in
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full adjective (STRONG)
(of a flavour, sound, smell, etc.) strong or deep:
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Flavours & tastes
- acidic
- acidity
- acidulous
- aftertaste
- bite
- bitter
- cheesy
- flavourful
- flavourless
- flavoursome
- full-bodied
- gamy
- plummy
- savour
- sugary
- sweet-and-sour
- sweetness
- tang
- tangy
- toasty
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Idiom(s)
fulladverb
uk/fʊl/us/fʊl/full adverb (COMPLETE)
to understand a situation completely:
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Aware
- abreast
- acquainted
- alive
- alive to sth idiom
- awake
- awakening
- be no stranger to sth idiom
- conscious
- familiar
- genned up
- have/keep your finger on the pulse idiom
- informed
- insider
- ivory tower
- onto
- preliterate
- privy
- put sb in the picture idiom
- repository
- sad
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full adverb (STRAIGHT)
straight; directly:
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Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- aright
- authoritative
- bang
- be bang on idiom
- exact
- exactly
- in so many words idiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- letter-perfect
- literal
- sharp
- strictly speaking idiom
- technically
- to the day idiom
- to the letter idiom
- truly
- unerring
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fullnoun
uk/fʊl/us/fʊl/as much or as well as possible:
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Maximum and minimum
- (at) full stretch idiom
- at least idiom
- bare
- ceiling
- credit limit
- critical mass
- limit
- majority
- mass
- max
- max out
- maximal
- min
- minimum
- minority
- most
- most
- outside
- the full monty
- utmost
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