full-blown

full-blown
adjective
1. fully ripe; at the height of bloom
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a full-blown rose

• Syn: ↑matured
• Similar to: ↑mature
2. having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness
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a full-blown financial crisis

• Similar to: ↑complete

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full-blown «FUL BLOHN», adjective.
1. in full bloom: »

a full-blown rose.

2. Figurative. completely developed or matured: »

Those [persons] showing the early signs may later develop the full-blown condition (L. H. Snyder).

3. filled with wind; puffed out.

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adj. fully developed

the onset of full-blown AIDS in persons infected with HIV

■ (of a flower) in full bloom

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/ˈfʊlˈbloʊn/ adj
: having all of the qualities that are associated with a particular thing or type of person : fully developed

a full-blown recession

full-blown AIDS

The movie made him a full-blown star.

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ˌfull-ˈblown [full-blown] adjective only before noun
having all the characteristics of sb/sth; fully developed

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full-blown AIDS

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The border dispute turned into a full-blown crisis.


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  • full-blown — /fool blohn /, adj. 1. fully or completely developed: full blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full blown novel. 2. in full bloom: a full blown rose. [1605 15] * * * …   Universalium

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