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DictionaryfullFilled to capacity
adjective / adverb / noun

full

FULL/fʊl/

Filled to the whole amount available or needed.

The basket is full of apples, right to the rim.

A basket filled to its rim with apples.
Etymology
fullOld Englishcontaining all that can be received

Old English full already described something containing all it could receive. The modern sense keeps that concrete idea of capacity completely taken up.

In context

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More examples

  • The parking lot is full, so we park across the street.
  • I'm full after that big bowl of soup.
  • You receive a full refund if the class is canceled.
  • We use the available space to the fullest.

Forms

full · fuller · fullest

fullness noun — The state of being filled or complete.

fully adverb — To the complete or required extent.

Similar words

filled
Emphasizes what has been put inside, not necessarily capacity.
packed
Suggests contents or people crowded tightly into available space.
complete
Emphasizes that nothing required is missing, rather than capacity.