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# full

«full» in Mova's school dictionary: **holding as much as it can hold: «a full cup»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (full, fuller, fullest); adverb; noun (in full)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Full means holding as much as it can hold: «a full cup». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#m1)

2) Full means having eaten enough: «I'm full». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#m2)

3) Full means complete, whole: «your full name», «a full hour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#m3)

4) Full of means having a lot of something: «full of mistakes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#m4)

5) (casual) «Stuffed», «I'm done» mean very full of food; «full-on» means very intense; «full marks» means every answer right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#m5)

6) (rude) «Full of yourself» means too proud; «full of it» or «full of crap» means talking nonsense or lying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#m6)

7) (formal) Exams say «filled to capacity», «at maximum capacity», «complete», «in full», «in its entirety» and «payment in full». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#m7)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x1)
- A full box holds 6 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x2)
- The bus is full with 40 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x3)
- I'm full; I can't eat any more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x4)
- Write your full name at the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x5)
- Tonight there is a full moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x6)
- The garden is full of flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x7)
- I'm stuffed, I had 3 burgers! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x8)
- You're full of it, you never scored 10 goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x9)
- The car park's chocka, every space is taken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x10)
- Seventeen eggs are placed in containers each having a capacity of 6. Determine the number of containers filled to capacity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x11)
- She got full marks: 20 out of 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x12)
- Every heart was full of fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/full/#x13)

### 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 the corpora

- [Let's wait for the full story."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/9/)
- [Sam got full marks on bot homework and then failed the test.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/4/)
- [Never share your full name, address or school with a bot or an app.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/8/)
- [Focused practice means practising with full attention on one goal; watching the clock while repeating easy parts changes very little.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/6/)
- [Playing slowly first lets fingers learn the right moves; fast practice full of mistakes trains the mistakes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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