full-dress

full-dress
adjective
1. suitable for formal occasions
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formal wear

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a full-dress uniform

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dress shoes

• Syn: ↑dress
• Similar to: ↑formal
2. (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
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a dress dinner

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a full-dress ceremony

• Syn: ↑dress
• Similar to: ↑formal
3. complete in every respect
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a full-dress debate

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a full-dress investigation

• Similar to: ↑complete

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: full dress
1. : complete down to the last formal detail

a full-dress welcome

a full-dress biography

2. : carried out by all possible means or from all possible approaches

a full-dress investigation

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/fool"dres'/, adj.
1. formal and complete in all details: a full-dress uniform.
2. done or presented completely or thoroughly.
[1755-65]

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fullˈ-dress adjective
In or requiring the dress (full dress) worn on occasions of state or ceremony
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Main Entry: ↑full

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the formal clothes worn in the evening or on important occasions.
full-dress «FUL DREHS», adjective.
1. of or characterized by the wearing of full dress: »

a full-dress parade.

2. Figurative. formal: »

a full-dress inquiry. The United Nations agreed to resume full-dress Korean truce talks (Atlanta Constitution).

3. using all resources; complete; all-out: »

We learnt later that this was a full-dress raid by the local gendarmerie (Lord Mountbatten).

4. formally detailed; exhaustive: »

a full-dress analysis. An Englishwoman, Elizabeth Sprigge, has given us the full-dress biography of Miss Stein (Atlantic).

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adj, always used before a noun
: involving attention to every detail : very complete or full

a full-dress investigation/biography


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