fullness

«fullness» in Mova's school dictionary: Being full: a feeling of fullness after dinner — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (fullness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Being full: a feeling of fullness after dinner. tree →

2) Being complete or whole: the fullness of the moon. tree →

3) Being rich, deep or round: the fullness of her voice. tree →

4) «in the fullness of time» (formal) = in the end, when the right time comes. tree →

5) Fullness can also mean the height or peak of a season, such as the fullness of summer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and health «fullness» is the feeling of a full stomach; in stories the moon in its fullness is the full moon; in formal talk «in the fullness of time» means «eventually». Phrases: «a feeling of fullness», «in the fullness of time».

examples

• Eating slowly helps you notice fullness. tree →
• The fullness of the moon lit up the field. tree →
• All will be explained in the fullness of time. tree →
• Singers practise for fullness of tone. tree →
• The fullness of the bucket made it heavy. tree →
• After Christmas dinner, everyone sat in happy fullness. tree →
• Looking to the south all the trees were green in the fullness of summer, and the day cicala and the night cricket chirruped loudly. tree →

note

Spelled with two l's: full + ness = fullness (US also «fulness», rare). Uncountable.

In the corpora

• Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fullness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.