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To The Full

Definition: To The Full

To The Full

Adverb

1. To the the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; (`full' is used as a combining form as in `full-grown' or `full-fledged').

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: To The Full

Synonyms: full (adj), fully (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: To The Full

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Completeness

Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: To The Full

English words defined with "to the full": all, altogethercompletelyentirely, evenhardPlenilunarySaturantTo have one's fling, totallywhole, wholly. (references)
Specialty definitions using "to the full": authorized dischargedesigned full supply dischargefull supply dischargehuman resources cooperationmaximum normal flowtop heading, top holes, triangle cut. (references)
Etymologies containing "to the full": Plenilunary. (references)

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Commercial Usage: To The Full

DomainTitle

Books

  • The English Gentlewoman Drawne Out to the Full Body Expressing What Habilliments Do Best Attire Her (English Experience Series No. 215) (reference)

  • Conduct of monetary policy : report of the Federal Reserve Board pursuant to the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, P.L. 95-523 and the state of the economy : hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy of the Committee on Ba (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: To The Full

AuthorQuotation

Pindar

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: To The Full

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

China, restored to the full exercise of her sovereign rights in the above areas, declares her intention of opening them to international residence and trade. (reference)

United Nations

1948

Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: To The Full

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He concluded by reserving entirely the Petit Gervais affair, and demanding a sentence to the full extent of the law.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: To The Full

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Melanoma in situ is a specific diagnosis for flat or elevated lesions with histologic features identical to those described for melanoma but confined to the full thickness of the epidermis and adnexal epithelium. (references)

Assurance that infants and families have access to the full complement of services necessary to treat the disorder (i.e., physicians, geneticists, dietitians, and other health care professionals with expertise in treatment of metabolic disorders, genetic counseling, nursing, psychological and social services, medical food protein sources, and age-appropriate low-protein modified products). (references)

Business

With concrete steps towards convertibility, companies in Uzbekistan and the U.S. likewise hope that Uzbekistan will finally live up to the full potential of this vast and diverse market. (references)

However, due to a specific path of transition to the market economy and dominating government control over the economy, financial sector in Uzbekistan has not been developing to the full capacity. (references)

However, imports will grow during 2001 and the next two years at an average annual real rate of 30 percent per annum due to the number of factors mentioned above in addition to the full introduction of natural gas in the Attiki, Thessaloniki and Larissa regions. (references)

Civil Liberties

Turkey

The time limit for registration in the Government's asylum program is implemented strictly and remained an obstacle to the full access by asylum seekers to procedures to determine their refugee status. (references)

Tunisia

In a speech before the RCD in July, President Ben Ali stated that although the Government must protect the right of citizens to hold dissenting opinions, those citizens who criticize the country in the international media were "traitors" who would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

The private sector has access to the full spectrum of credit instruments as provided by Hong Kong's banking and financial system. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

The U.N. Human Rights Committee has termed the NSL "a major obstacle to the full realization of the rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." President Kim Dae-jung, who himself was arrested and sentenced to death under the NSL, acknowledged that the law has "problematic areas," and announced his intent to pursue major revisions, especially in light of improvements in relations between North and South Korea since the June 2000 North-South summit. (references)

Political Economy

PAKISTAN

U.S. investors in industrial sectors are all large enough to be subject to the full provisions of Pakistani law for worker protection and entitlements. (references)

PHILIPPINES

There are generally no restrictions to the full and immediate transfer of funds associated with import payments, foreign investments (i.e., capital repatriation and profit remittances), foreign debt servicing, and the payment of royalties, lease payments, and similar fees. (references)

Trade

Canada

The temporary entry of certain types of business material (e.g., brochures, commercial samples, and audio-visual projection equipment) may either be subject to the full or reduced rate of duty and tax. (references)

Italy

While customs will not provide a binding decision, the advance ruling usually will be accepted if the imported goods are found to correspond exactly to the full description provided when requesting the ruling. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

U.S. citizens are subject to the full force of Saudi law as well as that of any country in which they are traveling or residing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: To The Full

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837The demands against Portugal for illegal captures in the blockade of Terceira have been allowed to the full amount of the accounts presented by the claimants, and payment was promised to be made in three installments.

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921I realize to the full the responsibility which it involves.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953We shall also continue negotiations looking to the full and equitable development of facilities for transportation and communications among nations.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969But the people also recognize that the National Government can and the National Government should help the cities and the States in their war on crime to the full extent of its resources and its constitutional authority.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: To The Full

Expressions using "to the full": enjoy to the full to the full extent. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: To The Full

Language Translations for "to the full"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏على طول المدى (to the full extent). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

в пълен размер, напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(delicacies, eat to the full, food). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

täysin siemauksin (in deep draughts). (various references)

   

French

  

au point de faire (to the full extent), atteindre son plein développement comme nation (grow to the full status of nationhood/to). (various references)

   

German

  

vollständig (absolutely, complete, completely, entire, entirely, full, in full, integral, outright, perfect, plenary, quite, thorough, total, totally, unqualified). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στην μεγαλήτερη έκταση (to the full extent). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

במ"" מרבית (greatly, to the full extent). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

legnagyobb mértékben (eminently, in the highest degree, to a large degree). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

快'貪る (to enjoy oneself to the full). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かい'むさぼる (to enjoy oneself to the full). (various references)

   

Manx

  

walkal (fulling, stroll, tuck, waulk, waulk cloth), tuckal (walk, walk as cloth), magh as magh (downright, exceptionally, sheer, thorough, utterly), giallaghey (blanche, bleach, bleaching, brighten, clear, clear of weather, lime wash, whiten, whitening). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay ethay ullfay

   

Romanian

  

cu totul (all, all in all, downright, entirely, every bit, merely, most, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, quite, right, thoroughly, up to the nines, utterly, wholly). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

в полной мере (to the full extent). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

u punoj meri (extent: to the full extent). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

por completo (all in all, full, fully, to a frazzle, to the full extent). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

till fullo (in full), i högsta grad (exceedingly, in the extreme), fullständigt (absolutely, all ends up, clear, completely, completly, entirely, fairly, flat, full, fully, in full, outright, raving, sheer, stark, wholly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: To The Full

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 13, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintDikaioV esqwn empipla thn yuchn autou yucai de asebwn endeeiV
Latin405VulgateIustus comedit et replet animam suam venter autem impiorum insaturabilis
Middle English1395WyclifThe riytwis eteth, and fulfillith his soule; the wombe forsothe of vnpitous vnfilable.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Basic English1964OgdenThe upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: To The Full

LanguageProverbs Chapter 13, Verse 25
Cebuano¶ Ang matarung magakaon aron sa pagpabusog sa iyang kalag; Apan ang tiyan sa mga dautan pagagutomon.
CroatianPravednik ima jela do sitosti, a trbuh opakih poznaje oskudicu.
DanishDen retfærdige spiser, til Sulten er stillet, gudløses Bug er tom.
DutchDe rechtvaardige eet tot verzadiging zijner ziel toe; maar de buik der goddelozen zal gebrek hebben.
FinnishVanhurskas saa syödä kylläksensä, mutta jumalattomain vatsa jää vajaaksi.
FrenchLe juste mange et satisfait son appétit, Mais le ventre des méchants éprouve la disette.
GermanDer Gerechte ißt, daß sein Seele satt wird; der Gottlosen Bauch aber hat nimmer genug.
Haitian Creole¶ Moun k'ap mache dwat toujou gen ase pou yo manje. Men, vant mechan yo pa janm plen.
HungarianAz igaz eszik az õ kivánságának megelégedéséig; az istentelenek hasa pedig szûkölködik.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOrang yang baik selalu berkecukupan, tetapi orang jahat selalu kekurangan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa orang yang benar itu makan sampai kenyang-kenyang, tetapi orang jahat akan kekurangan kelak sehingga hampa perutnya.
ItalianIl giusto mangia a saziet , ma il ventre degli empi soffre la fame.
Maori¶ Kai ana te tangata tika, makona ana tona wairua; ka hapa ia te kopu o te tangata kino.
NorwegianDen rettferdige eter så han blir mett, men de ugudeliges buk blir tom.
PortugueseO justo come e fica satisfeito; mas o apetite dos ímpios nunca se satisfaz.   
RumanianCel neprihqnit mqnkncq pknq se saturq, dar pkntecele celor rqi duce lipsq. -
RussianрТБЧЕ"ОЙЛ ЕУФ "П УЩФПУФЙ, Б ЮТЕЧП 'ЕЪЪБЛПООЩИ ФЕТ ЙФ МЙЫЕОЙЕ.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: To The Full

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-h-l-l-o-t-t-u"

-2 letters: outfelt, outtell.

-3 letters: outlet.

-4 letters: flout, flute, hello, helot, hotel, hullo, lotte, theft, thole, tulle.

-5 letters: fell, felt, floe, flue, foul, fuel, full, heft, hell, helo, hole, holt, hull, left, loft, loth, lout, lute, tell, teth, thou, toft, tofu, tole, toll, tolu, tote, tout, tuft, tule.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Expressions
11. Translations: Modern
12. Bible Trace
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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