full-dress
- adjective
- /fʊl drɛs/
- Formal
:
de gala
- A portrait of Franklin in full-dress uniform hung in the Narwhal's cabin. Franklin, Franklin, Zeke had said, as he asked the men for money.
- full-dress uniform
Examples
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The night was warm; the other young men in the full-dress suits must feel rather sticky, he thought.
Fiction book (1992) -
Everyone is dressed in full-dress naval uniforms of the period, complete with cocked hats, epaulettes, etc.
Fiction book (1994) -
The soldiers wore their full-dress uniforms during the graduation ceremony to honor their achievements.
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She felt a mix of excitement and nervousness as she stepped into the ballroom in her elegant full-dress gown.
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At the wedding, all the guests were required to adhere to a full-dress code for the formal celebration.
Synonyms
82
2.7
Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event
3
7.6
Wearing very elegant formal clothes for a special occasion
1
6.3
Dressed in smart, formal clothes for a special event
Suitable for formal occasions when people wear smart clothes
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Full-dress comes from putting full and dress together and originally meant being 'fully dressed' in formal clothes for a ceremony. So a full-dress dinner or rehearsal is one where people wear formal clothing and follow ceremonial rules.