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Full Tam Dolu Lot Adjective En  /Fʊl   Fuller

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Kind adjective
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IPA  /fʊl   / adjective (fuller; fullest)
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tok
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full (adjective)

 /fʊl   / adjective (fuller; fullest)
 
WITH NO SPACE
1 holding or containing as much or as many as possible
dolu
 The bin needs emptying. It's full up.
 a full bottle
 I can't get anything else in my suitcase – it's full.
 The bus was full so we had to wait for the next one.
 ‘Is there any coffee left?’ ‘Yes, this jar's still half full.’
 (figurative) We need a good night's sleep because we've got a full day (yoğun bir gün) tomorrow.
HAVING A LOT
2 full of sb/sth
containing a lot of sb/sth
ile dolu
 The room was full of people.
 His work was full of mistakes.
 The streets were full of litter.
 The children are full of energy.
WITH FOOD
3 full (up)
having had enough to eat and drink
tok
 No more, thank you. I'm full (up) (doydum).
COMPLETE
4 [only before a noun]
complete; not leaving anything out
tam;
eksiksiz
 I should like a full report on the accident, please.
 Full details of today's TV programmes are on page 20.
 For the full story, please turn to page 14.
 He took full responsibility for what had happened.
 Please give your full name and address.
MAXIMUM
5 [only before a noun]
the highest or greatest possible
en yüksek
 She got full marks (tam not) in her French exam.
 The train was travelling at full speed.
 In the sales she got a 50% reduction on a bed whose full (indirimsiz)price would have been £399.
TALKING A LOT
6 full of sb/sth/yourself
pleased about or proud of sb/sth/yourself
 (memnun) sürekli konuşmak
 When she got back from holiday she was full of everything they had seen.
 He's full of himself since he got that new job.
FAT
7 round or rather fat in shape
yuvarlak, dolgun
 She's got quite a full figure.
 He's quite full in the face.
CLOTHES
8 (used about clothes) made with plenty of cloth
bol
 a full skirt
IDIOMS
at full strength
(used about a group) having all the people it needs or usually has
tam kadro, tam takım
 Nobody is injured, so the team will be at full strength for the game.
at full stretch
working as hard as possible
tam kapasite
 When the factory is operating at full stretch, it employs 800 people.
full of beans/life
with a lot of energy and enthusiasm
canlı, hayat dolu
 They came back from their holiday full of beans.
have your hands full
to be very busy or too busy to do sth else
işi başından aşkın olmak
in full
with nothing missing; completely
tam olarak, tamamen
 Your money will be refunded in full.
 Please write your name in full.
in full swing
at the stage when there is the most activity
en hareketli aşama, en civcivli an
 When we arrived the party was already in full swing.
in full view (of sb/sth)
in a place where you can easily be seen
gözünün önünde, önünde
 In full view of the guards, he tried to escape over the prison wall.
to the full
as much as possible
tam anlamıyla, sonuna kadar
 to enjoy life to the full
 

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