full implies the presence or inclusion of everything that is wanted or required by something or that can be held, contained, or attained by it.
a full schedule
complete applies when all that is needed is present.
a complete picture of the situation
plenary adds to complete the implication of fullness without qualification.
given plenary power
replete implies being filled to the brim or to satiety.
replete with delightful details
Example Sentences
Adjective The plane was carrying a full load of passengers. The theater was full to capacity. We bought a full set of dishes. They waited for three full months. He has a full array of stereo equipment. The soldiers were wearing full combat gear. This will be his first full season with the team. His theories have not yet found full acceptance. I hope that you'll give us your fullest cooperation. Please give me your full attention. Adverb The cup was filled full to the brim. The ball hit him full in the chest. He kissed her full on the lips. Noun the account is now paid in fullSee More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
See the full list of 2021’s top entrepreneurs here. Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022 The full list of programming and all speakers scheduled can be found on the Texas Tribune Festival website.CBS News, 16 Sep. 2022 The full list of shows eligible for the contest, which begins Sept. 26, can be found on the sweepstakes’ website. Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2022 See the full list of Image Makers here and read the whole ‘Image Makers’ issue here.Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The full list of new names can be found on the U.S. Geological Survey website at bit.ly/DOInewnames.San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022 The full list of titles is available on RSD’s Web site, as is a breakdown of participating stores. Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 14 Sep. 2022 For more of our Emmy coverage, including a full list of winners, head to USATODAY.com/entertainment. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 While a full guest list of those in attendance for Queen Elizabeth's funeral won't be confirmed until closer to September 19, here are the royals confirmed to be in attendance so far. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2022
Noun
All sizes will be available, including twins from $99, fulls ($149), queens ($199) and kings ($299). Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2020 When in their feeding grounds, a gray whale typically eats about 1.3 tons of food — mouth-fulls of crustaceans, worms, shrimp and small, schooling fish — per day, according to researchers.Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2020 The idea of the world's greatest young talent moving to Bayern and playing under Pep Guardiola back in 2013 was one full of promise, but never was a fruitful situation in reality.SI.com, 16 Oct. 2019 My mother was crabbing at the end of the pier,dropping her steel net full of chicken gutsInto the murky water, shimmering in July heat. T. R. Hummer, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2019 The Voyager probe of course famously bore a plaque that depicted our location in the galaxy as well as a golden record full of music and sounds from Earth. Shannon Stirone, Wired, 4 Oct. 2019 Scoring hat fulls of goals in quick succession might fill up most of Lewandowski's bitesize highlight reels, but the Poland international has actually been one of the most consistent goalscorers in recent years.SI.com, 27 Sep. 2019 Isabel is a beautiful full of heart and love young women. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 9 Sep. 2019 Meanwhile, their families have been arriving in waves, but their reunions, fulls of tears, have so far only been allowed through a window. Anna Werner, CBS News, 11 July 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English ful, full, fol, going back to Old English full, going back to Germanic *fulla- (whence also Old Frisian ful, fol "full," Old Saxon full, Middle Dutch vol, Old High German fol, Old Icelandic fullr, Gothic fulls), going back to Indo-European *pl̥h1nó-, verbal adjective from the base *pleh1- "become full," whence also Old Irish lán "full," Welsh llawn (with length secondary if the proposed law shortening pretonic vowels in Celtic is valid), Latin plēnus (with -ē- from -plēre "to fill"), Old Church Slavic plĭnŭ, Russian pólnyj, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian pȕn, Lithuanian pìlnas, Sanskrit pūrṇáḥ, Avestan pərəna-; *pleh1- appears with varying ablaut and suffixation in Latin plēre "to fill" (from *plēi̯e-), verbal adjective plētus, Greek pímplēmi "(I) fill," plêto "(it) has become full," Armenian lnowm "(I) fill," Sanskrit pr̥ṇā́ti "(s/he) fills"
Note: For another presumed development of *pleh1- see poly-. Regarding the currency of the verb plēre in Latin see note at complete entry 1.
Adverb
Middle English ful, full "completely, entirely, very, quite," going back to Old English, derivative of fullfull entry 1
Noun
Middle English fulle "the whole amount, satisfactory amount," going back to Old English fulla, derivative of fullfull entry 1
Middle English fullen "to full (cloth), trample down, oppress," borrowed from Anglo-French fuller, foler, fouler "to full (cloth), press (grapes), trample under foot, oppress," going back to Late Latin fullāre "to full (cloth)," verb derivative from the base of Latin fullōn-, fullō "fuller (of cloth), launderer," of obscure origin
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adverb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2