fullness

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈfʊlnəs/

Definition of fullness

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Being full; completeness.
    “feel a sense of fullness”
    “The actor enjoyed the fullness of his success.”
    “She lived life in all its fullness.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Being full; completeness.
    “feel a sense of fullness”
    “The actor enjoyed the fullness of his success.”
    “She lived life in all its fullness.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)The degree to which a space is full.
  3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)The degree to which fate has become known.
    “in the fullness of time”
    “fullness of life”
  4. (uncountable, usually)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.

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Etymology

From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”).

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