full-dress
/'ful'dres/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Complete, thorough, and formal: Used to describe an event, activity, or piece of work that is conducted with complete seriousness, thorough preparation, and often with formal ceremony or procedure.
- Requiring or involving formal attire: Used to describe an occasion that demands formal clothing, such as white tie or black tie.
Examples of Usage
- As an adjective (complete/thorough):
- The committee conducted a full-dress inquiry into the allegations.
- Before the product launch, the team held a full-dress rehearsal of the presentation.
- As an adjective (formal attire):
- The ambassador hosted a full-dress dinner for the visiting dignitaries.
- The graduation ceremony is a full-dress affair.
Advanced Usage
- "Full-dress uniform": The complete, most formal version of a military or other official uniform, worn on ceremonial occasions.
- The officers stood at attention in their full-dress uniforms.
- "Full-dress debate": A formal, structured, and comprehensive debate, often in a parliamentary or academic setting, where all aspects are thoroughly examined.
- The senate held a full-dress debate on the proposed constitutional amendment.
Variants and Related Words
- Dress (adjective): Of or denoting clothing suitable for a formal occasion.
- Dress code, dress shoes.
- Full-dress rehearsal (noun phrase): A final rehearsal for a performance (e.g., play, opera, ceremony) where everything is done as it would be in the actual performance, including costumes, lighting, and props.
Synonyms
- Formal: Following established conventions of ceremony and behavior.
- Ceremonial: Relating to or used for formal events of a public or religious nature.
- Comprehensive: Complete and including everything that is necessary.
- Thorough: Carried out completely and carefully.
Antonyms
- Informal: Having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style.
- Casual: Relaxed and unconcerned; not formal.
- Preliminary: Denoting an action or event preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important.
- Partial: Not complete or whole.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- In full fig: (British, informal) Dressed in very smart, formal clothes. This is a related idiom conveying the idea of formal attire, similar to the "formal attire" sense of "full-dress."
- He turned up to the wedding in full fig.
Adjective
- complete in every respect
- a full-dress debate
- a full-dress investigation
- (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
- a dress dinner
- a full-dress ceremony
- suitable for formal occasions
- formal wear
- a full-dress uniform
- dress shoes