to the full

1. 1.

   to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)

   “fully grown”

   “he didn't fully understand”

   “knew full well”

   “full-grown”

   “full-fledged”

   Synonymsfullyfull

   combining form

Questions about to the full

What does to the full mean?

to the full means "to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)".

What is another word for to the full?

Close synonyms include fully, full. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is to the full a common word?

to the full is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.