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Definition: Full-fledged |
Full-fledgedAdjective1. (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly. 2. (of persons e.g.) having gained full status; "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "full-fledged" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
Synonym: Full-fledgedSynonym: fully fledged (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Full-fledged |
| English words defined with "full-fledged": fully fledged. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "full-fledged": Utter and Inner Barristers. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | As kidney function declines, the amount of albumin in the urine increases, and microalbuminuria becomes full-fledged proteinuria. (references) | |
Economic History | Nigeria | A new labor federation comprising senior employees in both the public and private sectors is currently seeking recognition as a full-fledged labor body. (references) |
Cyprus | The 1,049 full-fledged offshore companies--which are located in Cyprus but conduct business abroad only--qualify for various tax- and duty-free concessions. (references) | |
Guinea | Guinea was the first country to inaugurate a full-fledged Crisis Corps program, a new Peace Corps initiative developed to address natural and manmade disasters. (references) | |
Political Economy | EGYPT | The government of Egypt is proceeding with plans to convert its general sales tax to a full-fledged Value-Added Tax (VAT). (references) |
Mongolia | Mongolia continued its transition from a highly centralized, Communist-led state to a full-fledged, multiparty, parliamentary democracy, although these gains have not yet been consolidated. (references) | |
Trade | Saudi Arabia | The GCC is not yet, however, a full-fledged customs union. (references) |
Worker Rights | South Africa | The CCMA also gradually is beginning to play an interventionist role by becoming involved in disputes before they deteriorate into full-fledged strikes or lockouts. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Full-fledged" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Full-fledged" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "full-fledged"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i zhvilluar plotësisht, i diplomuar (bachelor, certificated, graduate, graduation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | напълно развит (definitive, full grown, mature), напълно оперен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyvinutý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | alcoolique invétéré (full-fledged alcoholic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | teljesen kifejlõdött. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 一' (a narwhal, apparently, considerable, corner, point, section), 一廉 (respectable, something uncommon, superiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひとかど (considerable, respectable, something uncommon, superiority), いっかど (respectable, something uncommon, superiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fo lane clooie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ull-fledgedfay pleno desenvolvimento (matureness, maturity, perfection). (various references) pe deplin dezvoltat, emancipat (emancipated), desãvârşit (absolute, accomplished, blank, complete, consummate, faultless, finished, out and out, perfect, perfectly, pure, right-down, stark, thorough, thoroughpaced), cu toate penele. (various references) вполне оперившийся. (various references) zreo (adult, grown, mature, mellow, ripe), osamostaljen. (various references) fullfjädrad (full blown). (various references) ซึ่งเติบโตเต็มที่ (full-brown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-f-f-g-l-l-l-u" | |
-3 letters: effulged. | |
-4 letters: deluged, duelled, effulge, fledged, fuelled, gleeful. | |
-5 letters: delude, deluge, dueled, duffel, duffle, dulled, eluded, felled, feuded, fledge, fuddle, fudged, fueled, fugled, fulled, gelded, gelled, gulfed, gulled, luffed, lulled. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 6C 6C 2D 66 6C 65 64 67 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01101100 01101100 00101101 01100110 01101100 01100101 01100100 01100111 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u l l - f l e d g e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 006C 006C 002D 0066 006C 0065 0064 0067 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)408778781572787170737170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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