full-scale
- adjective
- /fʊl skeɪl/
- The researchers conducted a full-scale study to evaluate the effectiveness of the new vaccine.
- a full-scale war
- full-scale production
- a full-scale operation
He will not initiate a full scale military invasion.
- He will not initiate a full scale military invasion.
- Yes, when I was working in theater, I built a lot of full scale sets.
- Everything can blow up into a full scale war, starting from a simple sentence like good morning.
- And I remember we did the first full scale test assembly of how we're going to end total failure.
- I mean, do you understand the ramifications if blockchain ever actually hit full scale?
- So it is a great tool to have, you know, for Shopify powers millions of businesses from first sale to full scale.
- Theresa May, who was the foreign, the interior secretary squashed a full scale investigation for fear of alienating Russia.
- Oh man, we've also got Chinese authorities again this week doubling down on their quote full scale crackdown on cryptocurrency mining.
Examples
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After months of planning, the team launched a full-scale marketing campaign for the new product.
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And then we have a full-scale epidemic and a panic on our hands.
Fiction book (1992) -
And I remember we did the first full scale test assembly of how we're going to end total failure.
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This is called a hydrogen fuel cell car and you can make full scale cars that work just like this.
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It's what you do before you launch a full-scale attack.
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No one wants a full-scale war.
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A foundation is working toward building a full-scale model in the western United States.
Academic text (2011) -
I'm personally going to head a full-scale investigation into this incident, to discover who was responsible, and to ensure this could never happen again.
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I'm launching a full-scale recovery.
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"Full-scale war was raging in Europe."
Synonyms
Very determined and using all available effort
Very large and affecting many people or places
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Full-scale comes from full ('complete') and scale ('measure' or 'size'), like a scale that shows how big or strong something is, so full-scale means done at full size or with all available resources.