fullness
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfʊlnəs/
- Hyphenation: full‧ness
Noun[edit]
fullness (usually uncountable, plural fullnesses)
- Being full; completeness.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The degree to which a space is full.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (figurative) The degree to which fate has become known. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (bodybuilding): A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.
Synonyms[edit]
- (being full): entirety, whole; see also Thesaurus:entirety
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
being full
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degree to which a space is full and infinite
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degree to which fate has become known
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measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms inherited from Old English
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