replete
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6.6
- adjective
- /rɪˈpliːt/
- The garden is replete with colorful flowers and fragrant herbs.
- replete with examples
- replete with meaning
- Literature is replete
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Watch on YouTubeDon't need it, but our diet is replete with it.
- Don't need it, but our diet is replete with it.
- The standard line is this book is replete with errors, but for reasons of space I can only go into two.
- We covered this a bit last time you were on the podcast, but the questions were replete with requests to discuss seed oils.
- Every one of these stories is replete with allies, people who were not allies, but who became allies, people who get invested in your work.
- Your names are replete with hugs, tears and laughter.
Examples
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And pesticide history is replete with examples where people paid too little attention.
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Hunter-gatherer societies studied in the last 100 years are replete with social exchange systems that have far-reaching economic implications.
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This city is replete with famous names that are no longer here.
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History is replete with turning points, Lieutenant.
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The practice of medicine, itself, is replete with image and symbol.
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Well, the history of Western intellectual thought is replete with answers to that question.
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More can be said about this clearly written chapter, which is replete with insights and even wisdom.
Academic text (1990) -
The history of the nation is replete with stubborn individuals who refused to blindly accept authority.
Academic text (2013) -
The extant literature is replete with commentary on the ineffective nature of suspensions.
Academic text (2015) -
With respect to Islamic social-welfare associations in Egypt, the literature is replete with assumptions concerning their authoritarian nature.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
Containing a lot of something, like tears or facts
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1.0
Full of something that takes up most of it
94
3.7
More than enough for what is needed
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3.0
Present in large amounts or more than needed
49
2.4
Having more than enough goods ready to use
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2.5
There is more than enough of something
29
3.7
Has enough of the things you need
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3.3
Containing a lot of something, like emotion or taste
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4.9
Having a lot of something, especially food or things grown in a garden
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6.3
Filled with a strong feeling or idea
3
6.8
Having a large amount of something useful, like money or books
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5.2
So full that it almost overflows
1
3.8
Full to the top with something, often a feeling
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4.6
Having a lot of money, people, and equipment to do its work
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
replete = re + plete
The sense 'filled or well-supplied with' is reasonably predictable from a root meaning 'fill' plus re-, but the root 'plete' is not a standalone English word, which may confuse learners.
Etymology
Replete comes from the Latin parts re- ('again') and plere ('to fill'), so it literally means 'filled'. That is why something described as replete with facts or objects is 'full of' or 'well supplied with' them.