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語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈfʊlnəs/
• ハイフネーション: full‧ness

名詞

fullness (usually uncountable, plural fullnesses)

1. Being full; completeness.

   feel a sense of fullness

   The actor enjoyed the fullness of his success.

   She lived life in all its fullness.

2. The degree to which a space is full.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (figurative) The degree to which fate has become known.

   in the fullness of time

   fullness of life

4. (bodybuilding): 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.

同意語

• (being full): entirety, whole; see also Thesaurus:entirety

派生語

• fullness of time