Fullness

//ˈfʊlnəs// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Being full; completeness. uncountable, usually

    "feel a sense of fullness"

  2. 2
    the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing wordnet
  3. 3
    The degree to which a space is full. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    greatness of volume wordnet
  5. 5
    The degree to which fate has become known. figuratively, uncountable, usually

    "in the fullness of time"

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  1. 6
    the condition of being filled to capacity wordnet
  2. 7
    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. uncountable, usually
  3. 8
    completeness over a broad scope wordnet

Synonyms

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comprehensivenessentiretyabundanceaffluenceample sufficiencyampleness

Example

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"From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another."

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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