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to the fullest

to the fullest is the alternative form of to the full.

Meaning of to the full

Prepositional phrase

  1. Fully; completely.
    • 'Brrrrr,' said Lieutenant Dubosc, realizing to the full how cold he was.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 1, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 7
  2. Without any reservation; taking the greatest advantage of the situation.
    • Now that I'm retired, I feel I can live life to the full.

Questions about to the fullest

What is to the fullest the alternative form of?
To the fullest is the alternative form of to the full.

Words near to the fullest in the dictionary

  1. to the end of time
  2. to the exclusion of
  3. to the extent that
  4. to the fore
  5. to the full
  6. to the fullest
  7. to the gills
  8. to the gods
  9. to the good
  10. to the gunnels
  11. to the gunwales

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to the fullest (page history and authors); to the full (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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