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fulltext

fulltext noun: the complete version of a written work, especially of an academic article.

Noun

fulltext (countable and uncountable, plural fulltexts)

  1. The complete version of a written work, especially of an academic article.
    • The paper's abstract looked promising but accessing the fulltext would have cost me $60 so I didn't end up reading it.
    • Library users see online fulltext retrieval as innovative and an exciting use of technology.1990, Cynthia Stewart Kaag & Vicki F. Croft, “Online Fulltext Article Retrieval”, in Technical Services Quarterly, volume 7, number 2, →DOI, page 36

Forms of fulltext

pluralfulltexts

Origin of fulltext

From full + text.

Questions about fulltext

What does fulltext mean?
Fulltext means the complete version of a written work, especially of an academic article.
What part of speech is fulltext?
Fulltext is a noun.
What is the plural of fulltext?
The plural of fulltext is fulltexts.

Words near fulltext in the dictionary

  1. fullsuited
  2. fullsuiter
  3. fullsuiters
  4. fullsuiting
  5. fullsuits
  6. fulltext
  7. fulltexts
  8. fulltime
  9. fulltrui
  10. fullwidth
  11. fullwise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fulltext (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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