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plural noun British.

full credit; due praise.

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Origin of full marks

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby full marks

full-grown, full house, full-length, full-line, full linear group, full marks, full monty, full moon, full-moon maple, full-mouthed, full nelson

How to use full marks in a sentence

To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
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Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.
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It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
As long as may be necessary, Sam,” replied Mr. Pickwick, “you have my full permission to remain.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
It is full of poetic feeling, and the flesh tints are unusually natural.
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
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