Plenary

//ˈpliːnəɹi// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plenary session.

    "After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary."

  2. 2
    Part of a lesson, usually at or towards the end, designed to review or evaluate the learning that has taken place.

    "Alternatively, the plenary may be used as preparation for the next lesson, and it might support the children to discuss some vocabulary with the TA to help them prepare."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
  2. 2
    Complete; full; entire; absolute.

    "The method of treating a subject should be plenary or full."

Adjective
  1. 1
    full in all respects wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
comprehensiveabsoluteallbrimfulbrimmingbulging

Example

More examples

"The proposal was formally accepted at a plenary session of the association."

Etymology

From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).

Related phrases

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