fullness
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full 1
(fo͝ol)adj. full·er, full·est
1. Containing all that is normal or possible: a full pail.
2. Complete in every particular: a full account.
3. Baseball
a. Amounting to three balls and two strikes. Used of a count.
b. Having a base runner at first, second, and third base: The bases were full when the slugger stepped up to bat.
4.
a. Of maximum or highest degree: at full speed.
b. Being at the peak of development or maturity: in full bloom.
c. Of or relating to a full moon.
5. Having a great deal or many: a book full of errors.
6. Totally qualified, accepted, or empowered: a full member of the club.
7.
a. Rounded in shape; plump: a full figure.
b. Having or made with a generous amount of fabric: full draperies.
8.
a. Having an appetite completely satisfied, especially for food or drink: was full after the Thanksgiving dinner.
b. Providing an abundance, especially of food.
9. Having depth and body; rich: a full aroma; full tones.
10. Completely absorbed or preoccupied: "He was already pretty full of himself" (Ron Rosenbaum).
11. Possessing both parents in common: full brothers; full sisters.
12. Of or relating to a full-size bed: full sheets; a full bed skirt.
adv.
1. To a complete extent; entirely: knowing full well.
2. Exactly; directly: full in the path of the moon.
v. fulled, full·ing, fulls
v.tr.
To make (a garment) full, as by pleating or gathering.
v.intr.
To become full. Used of the moon.
n.
1. The maximum or complete size or amount: repaid in full.
2. The highest degree or state: living life to the full.
3. A full-size bed.
full′ness, ful′ness n.
full 2
(fo͝ol)tr.v. fulled, full·ing, fulls
To increase the density and usually the thickness of (cloth) by shrinking and beating or pressing.
[Middle English fullen, from Old French fouler, from Vulgar Latin *fullāre, from Latin fullō, fuller; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun | 1. | fullness - completeness over a broad scope completeness - the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed |
2. | ![]() property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" | |
3. | fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" solidity - state of having the interior filled with matter infestation - the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites emptiness - the state of containing nothing | |
4. | fullness - greatness of volume |
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fullness
noun
1. plenty, glut, saturation, sufficiency, profusion, satiety, repletion, copiousness, ampleness, adequateness High fibre diets give the feeling of fullness.
2. completeness, wealth, entirety, totality, wholeness, vastness, plenitude, comprehensiveness, broadness, extensiveness She displayed the fullness of her cycling talent.
3. roundness, voluptuousness, curvaceousness, swelling, enlargement, dilation, distension, tumescence I accept my body with all its womanly fullness.
in the fullness of time eventually, finally, one day, after all, some time, in the end, ultimately, at the end of the day, in the long run, sooner or later, some day, when all is said and done, in the course of time a mystery that will be revealed in the fullness of time
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Translations
fullness
[ˈfʊlnɪs] N1. [of detail] → abundancia f
3. in the fullness of time (liter) (= eventually) → con el correr del tiempo; (= at predestined time) → a su debido tiempo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fullness
[ˈfʊlnɪs] n [garment] → ampleur f
(after eating) → rassasiement m
in the fullness of time (= eventually) → avec le tempsfull-on [ˌfʊlˈɒn] adj (= real) → pur(e) et dur(e)
a full-on attack → une attaque à outrancefull-page [ˌfʊlˈpeidʒ] adj [advert, article] → pleine pagefull pay n
to be suspended on full pay → être suspendu(e) de ses fonctions sans perte de salairefull-scale [ˌfʊlˈskeɪl] adj
a full-on attack → une attaque à outrancefull-page [ˌfʊlˈpeidʒ] adj [advert, article] → pleine pagefull pay n
to be suspended on full pay → être suspendu(e) de ses fonctions sans perte de salairefull-scale [ˌfʊlˈskeɪl] adj
[search, investigation] → approfondi(e); [war, invasion] → total(e)
[model] → grandeur nature invfull-size [ˌfʊlˈsaɪz] adj [model, picture] → grandeur nature invfull-sized [ˌfʊlˈsaɪzd] adj
(= life-sized) [portrait, model, drawing] → grandeur nature inv
(= adult-sized) [bicycle, violin, bed] → d'adultefull stop n (British) → point m
to come to a full stop (fig) → cesserfull-time [ˌfʊlˈtaɪm]
to come to a full stop (fig) → cesserfull-time [ˌfʊlˈtaɪm]
adj
[education, student] → à plein temps
n (British) → fin f du matchfull-timer [ˌfʊlˈtaɪmər] n (= worker) → personne qui travaille à plein tempsfull up full-up [ˌfʊlˈʌp] adj
[place, institution] → plein(e)
(= unable to eat any more) to be full up [person] → n'en pouvoir plus
I'm full up → J'en peux plus.
I'm full up → J'en peux plus.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fullness
n (of detail, description) → Vollständigkeit f; (of voice) → Klangfülle f; (of skirt) → Fülle f, → Weite f; (of flavour) → Vollmundigkeit f; (of skirt) → Fülle f, → Weite f; out of the fullness of his heart (liter) → aus der Fülle seines Herzens (liter); this cut gives some fullness to the hairstyle → dieser Schnitt gibt der Frisur Fülle; in the fullness of time (= eventually) → zu gegebener Zeit; (= at predestined time) → da or als die Zeit gekommen war, da or als die Zeit erfüllt war
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fullness
[ˈfʊlnɪs] n (of detail) → abbondanza; (of figure, hips) → rotondità; (of dress) → ampiezzain the fullness of time (eventually) → col tempo (at predestined time) → a tempo debito
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995