fullness

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fullness

  • /ˈfʊlnəs/ US, UK

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From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”).

noun fullnesses · fulness · fulnesse

  1. uncountable, usually Being full; completeness. feel a sense of fullness

    Similar: entirety

  2. uncountable, usually The degree to which a space is full.
  3. figuratively, uncountable, usually The degree to which fate has become known. in the fullness of time
  4. uncountable, usually A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.

Similar: whole

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: voluminousness, voluminosity, comprehensiveness, richness, mellowness, fulfilment, completeness, entirety, accomplishment, dwell, integrity, plenty, repletion, saturation, copiousness, plenitude

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Similar: whole

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noun being full

Españolllenez (disused), plenitud, llenazón, llenado, llenera (disused), lleneza (disused)
हिन्दीपूर्णता pūrṇatā, संपूर्णता sampūrṇatā
Françaisplénitude
DeutschFülle, Vollsein, Vollständigkeit
Italianopienezza
Русскийполнота́ polnotá
العربيةاِمْتِلَاء imtilāʔ

noun degree to which a space is full and infinite

DeutschFüllungsstufe, Füllungsgrad, Füllungszustand, Füllungsausmaß

noun degree to which fate has become known

DeutschErfüllung, Erfülltheit

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@misc{fullness_2026,
  title = {fullness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fullness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}