IN FULL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in full mean? 

• IN FULL (adverb)
  The adverb IN FULL has 1 sense:

1. referring to a quantity

  Familiarity information: IN FULL used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN FULL (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Referring to a quantity

Synonyms:

fully; in full

Context example:

the amount was paid in full

 Context examples 

At last our destination lay in full sight of us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This occurred with great frequency, for, once in full cry, the dogs were prone to forget themselves in the excitement of the chase, while White Fang never forgot himself.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

In a second the whole team was in full cry.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Now, Mr. Holmes, you are in full possession of the facts.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two weeks later he was overjoyed to see, in the latest number on the news-stand, his story printed in full, illustrated, and in the place of honor.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We enjoy looking at a lush green lawn or a red rose in full bloom.

(Color Blindness, NIH)

She is nothing to me, compared with you; and she was in full time to hear her father say, My dear madam, this must not be.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The church is calm enough, I am sure; but it might be a steam-power loom in full action, for any sedative effect it has on me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And then I started, broad awake and in full possession of my senses, and ran screaming from the place.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Everything where she now was in full contrast to it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)