full-fledged

See also: fullfledged

English

Alternative forms

• fully fledged

Etymology

From full +‎ fledged.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

full-fledged (not comparable)

1. (of a bird) Having all its feathers; able to fly.

   Antonyms: unfledged, unfletched

   Hypernyms: fledged, fletched, feathered

2. (idiomatic) Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real.

   Synonyms: full-blown, full-bore, full-on

   Antonym: unfledged

   Near-synonym: full-grown

   After she passes the bar exam, she will be a full-fledged lawyer.

   • 2017, Lorin Hochstein, René Moser, “4. Variables and Facts”, in Ansible: Up and Running‎^[1], 2nd edition, O’Reilly, →ISBN:

     Ansible is not a full-fledged programming language, but it does have several programming language features, and one of the most important of these is variable substitution.

   • 2018 November 20, Wayne Drash, “Consumer group warns of ‘dangerous’ slime products and other hazardous toys”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     PIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US.

Derived terms

• full-fledgedly
• full-fledgedness

Related terms

• fledge

Translations

having all its feathers; able to fly

• Dutch: vliegvlug
• German: flügge (de)
• Hungarian: (teljesen) kifejlett (tollazatú), teljes tollazatú
• Occitan: empenat m
• Russian: по́лностью опери́вшийся (pólnostʹju operívšijsja)
• Swedish: fullfjädrad (sv)
• Volapük: flitafägik

having full qualification, credentials or preparation

• Azerbaijani: tamdəyərli
• Dutch: volwaardig (nl)
• French: à part entière (fr)
• German: vollwertig (de)
• Hebrew: מדופלם (meduplam), עם תעודות
• Hungarian: teljes értékű/jogú, kész (hu), (certified, qualified) képesített (hu), végzett (hu), (matured, settled) kiforrott (hu)
• Italian: finito (it)
• Occitan: vertadièr (oc), complet (oc), empenat
• Russian: хорошо́ подко́ванный (xorošó podkóvannyj), полноце́нный (ru) (polnocénnyj), полномасшта́бный (ru) (polnomasštábnyj)
• Swedish: fullfjädrad (sv)

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} volwaardig (nl)