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# ful

«ful» in Mova's school dictionary: **an ending added to a word to make an adjective meaning…** — 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

suffix fragment (-ful); not a word on its own

### meaning for a pupil

1) «-ful» is an ending added to a word to make an adjective meaning «full of» or «having»: careful, hopeful, colourful, helpful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#m1)

2) «-ful» added to a container noun makes a noun for an amount: a spoonful, a handful, a cupful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#m2)

3) As a separate word «ful» is not English; it is a fragment, a spelling mistake for «full», or part of a broken word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In spelling lessons, pupils learn that the suffix has only one «l»: «beautiful», not «beautifull», even though «full» has two. When added to a word ending in «y», the y changes to i: beauty → beautiful, pity → pitiful. In maths and cooking, «a spoonful» and «a cupful» are amounts. Phrases: careful, wonderful, thankful, mouthful.

### examples

- Be careful when you cross the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#x1)
- Add two spoonfuls of sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#x2)
- She was hopeful about the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#x3)
- The garden was full of colourful flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#x4)
- Spell «helpful» with one «l» at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#x5)
- He grabbed a handful of sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#x6)
- How thank-ful-ly he looked at the man who had brought it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/#x7)

### note

Not a word by itself; write «full» when you mean the word. The suffix «-ful» always has one «l». Plural of «spoonful» is «spoonfuls» (not «spoonsful»). Opposite suffix is often «-less»: careful / careless, hopeful / hopeless.

### In the corpora

- [The suffix -ful has one l: careful, hopeful, beautiful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.