2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you use full-frontal to describe someone's criticism or way of dealing with something, you are emphasizing that it is very strong and direct. [EMPHASIS ] □ …a full-frontal attack on the opposition leader.
fu ll-gro wn ADJ An animal or plant that is full-grown has reached its full adult size and stopped growing. □ …a full-grown male orang-utan.
fu ll hou se (full houses ) N‑COUNT If a theatre has a full house for a particular performance, it has as large an audience as it can hold. □ …playing to a full house.
fu ll-le ngth
1 ADJ [ADJ n] 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 ADJ [ADJ n] 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 ADJ [ADJ n] Full-length curtains or other furnishings reach to the floor.
4 ADJ [ADJ n] A full-length mirror or painting shows the whole of a person.
5 ADV [ADV after v] Someone who is lying full-length , is lying down flat and stretched out. □ She stretched herself out full-length.
fu ll marks N‑PLURAL If you get full marks in a test or exam, you get everything right and gain the maximum number of marks. [BRIT ] □ Most people in fact got full marks in one question and zero in the other. in AM, use a perfect score
full monty /fʊ l mɒ nti/ N‑SING You use the full monty to describe something that impresses you because it includes everything that you could possibly expect it to include. [BRIT , INFORMAL , APPROVAL ] □ There was everything from simple piano to a full orchestral finish. The full monty.
full|ness /fʊ lnəs/
1 → see full
2 PHRASE If you say that something will happen in the fullness of time , you mean that it will eventually happen after a long time or after a long series of events. [WRITTEN ] □ …a mystery that will be revealed in the fullness of time.
fu ll-o n ADJ Full-on is used to describe things or activities that have all the characteristics of their type, or are done in the strongest or most extreme way possible. [INFORMAL ] □ What they were really good at was full-on rock'n'roll.
fu ll-pa ge ADJ [ADJ n] A full-page advertisement, picture, or article in a newspaper or magazine uses a whole page.
fu ll-sca le
1 ADJ [ADJ n] Full-scale means as complete, intense, or great in extent as possible. □ …the possibility of a full-scale nuclear war.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A full-scale drawing or model is the same size as the thing that it represents. □ …working, full-scale prototypes.
fu ll-si ze or full-sized ADJ [ADJ n] A full-size or full-sized model or picture is the same size as the thing or person that it represents. □ I made a full-size cardboard model.
fu ll sto p (full stops ) N‑COUNT A full stop is the punctuation mark . which you use at the end of a sentence when it is not a question or exclamation. [BRIT ] in AM, use period
full-stre ngth → see strength
fu ll-throa ted ADJ [ADJ n] A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud. □ …full-throated singing.
fu ll-ti me also full time
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Full-time work or study involves working or studying for the whole of each normal working week rather than for part of it. □ …a full-time job. □ …full-time staff. ● ADV [ADV after v] Full-time is also an adverb. □ Deirdre works full-time.
2 N‑UNCOUNT In games such as football, full-time is the end of a match. [BRIT ] □ The score at full-time was 1-1.
fu ll-ti mer (full-timers ) N‑COUNT A full-timer is someone who works full-time. □ The company employs six full-timers and one part-time worker.
fu ll u p also full-up
1 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] Something that is full up has no space left for any more people or things. □ The prisons are all full up.
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are full up you have eaten or drunk so much that you do not want to eat or drink anything else. [INFORMAL ]
ful|ly ◆◆◇ /fʊ li/
1 ADV [ADV adj, ADV with v] Fully means to the greatest degree or extent possible. □ She was fully aware of my thoughts. □ I don't fully agree with that.
2 ADV [ADV with v] You use fully to say that a process is completely finished. □ He had still not fully recovered.
3 ADV [ADV with v] If you describe, answer, or deal with something fully , you leave out nothing that should be mentioned or dealt with. □ Major elements of these debates are discussed more fully later in this book.
4 ADV Fully is used to emphasize how great an amount is. [WRITTEN , EMPHASIS ] □ Fully 30% of the poor could not even afford access to illegal shanties. SYNONYMS fully ADV 1
completely: Make sure that you defrost it completely.
entirely: Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity.
wholly: The accusation is wholly without foundation.
utterly: Such an allegation is utterly without foundation.
totally: The fire totally destroyed the top floor.
fu l|ly fle dged also fully-fledged ADJ [ADJ n] Fully fledged means complete or fully developed. □ The students will become fully-fledged chartered accountants after five years.