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full page

full page

6 2.8
An entire page in a newspaper showing a single story or advertisement
  • noun
translation icon : página completa
  • One associate member, the American Tobacco Company, ran a full-page advertisement on the back cover of every issue of the publication, lauding some aspect of the tobacco industry.

And that means that people who are buying these things in an instant are probably not reading the full page.

Examples

  • There was a prominent full page in the newspaper dedicated to the upcoming concert.

  • I read a full page ad in Time magazine.

  • This is the Better Business Bureau's full page ad in the New York Times.

  • There is a full page of illustrations devoted to sock management.

  • And they put out full page ads and newspapers attacking the IRS and the commissioner.

  • Because you'd get full-page ads for movies and beautiful women.

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  • It's good to have this blog to look at after seeing the BBC's full page of Copenhagen coverage.

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  • The magazine featured a stunning full page advertisement for the new smartphone model.

  • She was impressed by the full page spread showcasing the festival's highlights.

Synonyms

full-page
vsfull page
13 3.6

Taking up a whole page in a book, magazine, or newspaper

is the same in meaning but written as two separate words

Antonyms

103 1.7

An empty space between words or lines in writing

How Big

spread
  • Jargon
15 5.8
full page
6 2.8
half page
1 2.5

Surface Forms

full page singular
full pages plural

Morphology

full + page

The meaning 'an entire page... without sharing space' is directly and compositionally derived from 'full' (completely filled) modifying 'page' (one printed or written side). This simple adjective+noun combination follows standard, cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Full page comes from newspapers and magazines. If an advertisement or photo takes a whole page with nothing else on it, it is a full page, so the term means 'an entire page' devoted to one thing.