full
Utmost measure or extentUtmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» The sky is full of stars.
Der Himmel ist voller Sterne. — MUIRIEL
Der Himmel ist voll mit Sternen. — Aleksandro40
На небе полно звёзд. — Arkadeko
Небо полно звёзд. — Maksimo
Небо повне зірок. — Ahha
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesUtmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
I was fed to the full.
The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
Examples
2836 sentencesThe sky is full of stars.
Небо повне зірок. — Ahha
ruНа небе полно звёзд. — Arkadeko
deDer Himmel ist voller Sterne. — MUIRIEL
This book is full of mistakes.
У цій книзі повно помилок. — aandrusiak
ruВ этой книге полно ошибок. — afyodor
deDieses Buch ist voller Fehler. — MUIRIEL
The glass is full of milk.
Шклянка повна молока. — Ahha
ruСтакан полон молока. — Aleksej
deDas Glas ist voll mit Milch. — linguaeorbis
Don't speak with your mouth full.
Не балакай з повним ротом. — aandrusiak
ruНе разговаривай с набитым ртом. — tirpitz
deRedet nicht mit vollem Mund. — MUIRIEL
I'm sorry, the flight is full.
Мені прикро, але на рейсі немає вільних місць. — deniko
deTut mir leid, der Flug ist voll. — MUIRIEL
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, pFrom Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.
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Forms
plural: fullsSynonyms
3 synonyms- the time when the Moon is fully illuminated:full moonfull-of-the-moonfull phase of the moon
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Short and long vowels — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- is full of
- full time job
- full of energy
- closet is full
- a full time
- full time
- your mouth full
- basket full of
- mouth full
- full of junk
- work full time
- a basket full
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.