full

Everyday

1. Full means holding as much as it can hold: «a full cup». tree →
2. Full means having eaten enough: «I'm full». tree →
3. Full means complete, whole: «your full name», «a full hour». tree →
4. Full of means having a lot of something: «full of mistakes». tree →
5. (casual) «Stuffed», «I'm done» mean very full of food; «full-on» means very intense; «full marks» means every answer right. tree →
6. (rude) «Full of yourself» means too proud; «full of it» or «full of crap» means talking nonsense or lying. tree →
7. (formal) Exams say «filled to capacity», «at maximum capacity», «complete», «in full», «in its entirety» and «payment in full». tree →

In the lessons

a box or bag holding all it can: N things into boxes of K make N ÷ K full boxes; a full moon is round; phrases: «full of», «full up», «full moon», «full name», «full stop», «in full», «full marks», «full time»; in casual talk «I'm stuffed», «full-on», «chocka» (Australia, NZ: very full); in rough talk «you're full of it», «he's so full of himself»; in the exam voice «filled to capacity», «the number of complete containers», «settled in full»

Examples

• How many full boxes are there? tree →
• A full box holds 6 eggs. tree →
• The bus is full with 40 people. tree →
• I'm full; I can't eat any more. tree →
• Write your full name at the top. tree →
• Tonight there is a full moon. tree →
• The garden is full of flowers. tree →
• I'm stuffed, I had 3 burgers! tree →
• You're full of it, you never scored 10 goals. tree →
• The car park's chocka, every space is taken. tree →
• Seventeen eggs are placed in containers each having a capacity of 6. Determine the number of containers filled to capacity. tree →
• She got full marks: 20 out of 20. tree →
• Every heart was full of fear. tree →

Note

N things into boxes of K make N ÷ K full boxes; the remainder is left over and is not a full box. Trap: «how many boxes are needed» counts a part-filled box too. «filled to capacity» in an exam means full. «full of it» is a rude way to say someone is lying. A «full stop» is the dot at the end of a sentence (period in the USA).

In Jewish tradition

Here it also means completed or rich in something, such as "full of days," a long life. It can also mean overflowing with something, such as a man "full of talk." In the primary lessons: a box or bag holding all it can: N things into boxes of K make N ÷ K full boxes; a full moon is round; phrases: «full of», «full up», «full moon», «full name», «full stop», «in full», «full marks», «full time»; in casual talk «I'm stuffed», «full-on», «chocka» (Australia, NZ: very full); in rough talk «you're full of it», «he's so full of himself»; in the exam voice «filled to capacity», «the number of complete containers», «settled in full»

Examples

• And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance? (Writings JOB.35.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; (Torah NUM.7.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Job died, being old and full of days. (Writings JOB.42.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And should a man full of talk be accounted right? (Writings JOB.11.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

N things into boxes of K make N ÷ K full boxes; the remainder is left over and is not a full box. Trap: «how many boxes are needed» counts a part-filled box too. «filled to capacity» in an exam means full. «full of it» is a rude way to say someone is lying. A «full stop» is the dot at the end of a sentence (period in the USA).