fullness

== English == === Alternative forms === fulness (obsolete) fulnesse (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full +‎ -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfʊlnəs/ Hyphenation: full‧ness === Noun === fullness (usually uncountable, plural fullnesses) Being full; completeness. The degree to which a space is full.(Can we add an example for this sense?) (figurative) The degree to which fate has become known. (bodybuilding): A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected. ==== Synonyms ==== (being full): entirety, whole; see also Thesaurus:entirety ==== Derived terms ==== fullness of time ==== Translations ====