fledged
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5.3
- adjective
- /flɛdʒd/
- Specialized
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adulto
- Once fully fledged, the chicks took their first flight into the open sky.
- full-fledged
Students, snipers, not full-fledged snipers at that time.
- Students, snipers, not full-fledged snipers at that time.
- This actually feels like a full-fledged lip treatment.
- Ukrainians didn't really exist as a full-fledged people from the German point of view.
- It's not intense at all like a full-fledged scrub.
- But as being a a fully fledged filmmaker, I never was.
- And today I can announce that I am a fully fledged author.
- They haven't become fully fledged people yet.
- He says too great lucidity is a disease, a true full-fledged disease.
- That's my job is to actually work with the artists that are full-fledged contributors.
- So they're not going to let this turn into a full-fledged computer because Apple has Macs to protect.
Examples
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The fledgling bird finally became fledged and was ready to leave the nest.
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And today I can announce that I am a fully fledged author.
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And next thing you know, you got a full-fledged farm going.
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A full-fledged hero, you are.
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Over time, we can really build a full-fledged payment railway for small businesses, big businesses, residents, companies.
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And this is like a full-fledged kitchen with a gas stove.
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So there was a Stoicism class, like a fully fledged, fully dedicated Stoicism class.
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To become a full-fledged, respectable adult, you've got to separate pretty thoroughly from your parents.
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It's a song-singing, hand-clapping, full-fledged, old-fashioned revival that's sweeping the country.
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I'm a recent newcomer to ultras—a total non-runner until about 5 years ago and having started with a few half marathons, stepped up to a few full marathons, and now a fully fledged ultra!
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Synonyms
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5.5
A bird with fully grown feathers that is ready to fly
Having all the feathers and strength needed to fly away from the nest
Describes a young bird that has just learned to fly
Having feathers for flying and still young
Antonyms
Compounds
How Feathered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fledged comes from an old English verb fledge, which meant 'to put feathers on' and is the same idea as the everyday word feather. So a fully fledged bird has the feathers it needs to fly.