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full-fledged

full-fledged adjective: having all its feathers; able to fly.

Adjective

full-fledged (not comparable)

  1. Having all its feathers; able to fly.
  2. (idiomatic) Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real.
    • Near-synonym: full-grown
    • After she passes the bar exam, she will be a full-fledged lawyer.
    Antonyms:
    unfledged

full-fledged meaning in Tamil and Kannada

full-fledged in Tamil

மிக முழுமையான, முழுவளர்ச்சியுற்ற

full-fledged in Kannada

ಚನ್ನಾಗಿ ಪಳಗಿದ, ಬೆಳೆದ, ಮಾಗಿದ, ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಬೆಳೆದ, ಪಕ್ವವಾದ, ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ ಪಡೆದ

Examples of full-fledged in a sentence

  • Ansible is not a full-fledged programming language, but it does have several programming language features, and one of the most important of these is variable substitution.2017, Lorin Hochstein, René Moser, “4. Variables and Facts”, in Ansible: Up and Running, 2nd edition, O’Reilly, →ISBN:
  • PIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US.2018 November 20, Wayne Drash, “Consumer group warns of ‘dangerous’ slime products and other hazardous toys”, in CNN:

Synonyms of full-fledged

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of full-fledged

Forms of full-fledged

alternative formfully fledged

Origin of full-fledged

From full + fledged.

Words formed from full-fledged

Questions about full-fledged

What does full-fledged mean?
Full-fledged means having all its feathers; able to fly.
What is full-fledged in Tamil?
Full-fledged in Tamil is மிக முழுமையான, முழுவளர்ச்சியுற்ற. See Full-fledged meaning in Tamil.
How do you use full-fledged in a sentence?
Ansible is not a full-fledged programming language, but it does have several programming language features, and one of the most important of these is variable substitution.
What part of speech is full-fledged?
Full-fledged is an adjective.

Words near full-fledged in the dictionary

  1. full-eyed
  2. full-face
  3. full-faced
  4. full-fat
  5. full-figured
  6. full-fledged
  7. full-fledgedly
  8. full-fledgedness
  9. full-fleshed
  10. full-flowing
  11. full-fortuned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: full-fledged (page history and authors); full-fledged (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); full-fledged (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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