Meanings
- not comparableOf the same size, scale, or proportions as an original object.
The museum has a full-scale replica of a Viking ship.
- not comparableThorough; complete; not lacking in any detail.
The business consultants performed a full-scale analysis of current market conditions.
3 more examples
Sunday, November 6, was spent in a second full-scale dress rehearsal of the complete weekday electric timetable, […] during which the public were invited to make their first trial of the trains—and 15,000 did so.
1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions. Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat Codex entryPerhaps Mr Putin is planning a full-scale invasion, with Russian forces thrusting deep into Ukraine to seize the capital, Kyiv, and overthrow the government.
2022 January 29, “A war in Ukraine could have global consequences”, in The Economist, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian пълен, изчерпателен
- пълен (pălen)thorough
- изчерпателен (izčerpatelen)thorough
Chinese Mandarin 全面
- 全面 (quánmiàn)thorough
French complet, général
- completthorough
- généralthorough
- totalthorough
- à grande échellethorough
Italian in piena regola
- in piena regolathorough
Polish pełnoskalowy
- pełnoskalowythorough
Russian полномасшта́бный, по́лный
- полномасшта́бный (polnomasštábnyj)thorough
- по́лный (pólnyj)thorough
- исче́рпывающий (isčérpyvajuščij)thorough
Spanish a plena escala, a gran escala
- a plena escalathorough
- a gran escalathorough
Swedish fullskalig
- fullskaligthorough
Ukrainian повномасшта́бний
- повномасшта́бний (povnomasštábnyj)thorough
Cite this entry
full-scale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-scale
“full-scale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-scale. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full-scale,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-scale.
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