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full marks

full marks interjection: expressing complete satisfaction with someone's efforts.

Interjection

  1. Expressing complete satisfaction with someone's efforts.
    Synonyms:
    bravo, well done

Noun

full marks pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The maximum marks obtainable in an exam or test.
    • She got full marks. Not one single error.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Complete approval or agreement.
    • I would have to give you full marks for that statement.
    • One of these gadgets is a box containing the Entity's source code, which is currently in a wrecked submarine – hence a deep sea-diving set piece which gets full marks for spookiness, and no marks for excitement.2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC

Synonyms of full marks

Questions about full marks

What does full marks mean?
Full marks means expressing complete satisfaction with someone's efforts.
What part of speech is full marks?
Full marks can be an interjection or a noun.

Words near full marks in the dictionary

  1. full Irishes
  2. full join
  3. full joins
  4. full kit wanker
  5. full kit wankers
  6. full marks
  7. full metal jacket
  8. full metal jackets
  9. full monties
  10. full monty
  11. full moon

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