Meanings
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1
adj
Holding as much as possible; with no space left.
The glass was full of water.
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2
adj
Complete; including everything.
Please write your full name and address.
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3
adj
Having eaten enough food.
No more cake for me, thanks, I'm full.
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4
adj
Having the usual or expected amount.
The shop gives you full measure for your money.
Thesaurus
Common collocations
- full cup Adjective + noun
- full name Adjective + noun
- full control Adjective + noun
- full month Adjective + noun
- full stop Adjective + noun
- full attention Adjective + noun
- full bar Adjective + noun
- full house Adjective + noun
- full marks Adjective + noun
- full speed Adjective + noun
- full support Adjective + noun
- full cover Adjective + noun
Etymology
From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, and Norwegian and Swedish full (the latter three via Old Norse). Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "dru…