Advertisement
Advertisement
replete
[ ri-pleet ]
adjective
- abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with ):
a speech replete with sentimentality.
- stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
Synonyms: satiated
a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.
noun
- Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
replete
/ rɪˈpliːt /
adjective
- often foll by with copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)
- having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated
Derived Forms
- reˈpletely, adverb
- reˈpleteness, noun
Other Words From
- re·pletely adverb
- re·pleteness noun
- re·pletive adjective
- re·pletive·ly adverb
- unre·plete adjective
- unre·pleteness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of replete1
Example Sentences
The new generation of Afghans have grown up with freedom of expression, social media and satellite television replete with Bollywood action movies and female news anchors.
The “remote versus in-office” distinction is replete with difference, and this distinction is further compounded by physical separation.
The book later returns to glimpse younger seas that came and went, depositing sediments now replete with fossils.
It was replete with statistics indicating that the wheels of justice are grinding so glacially in the District that alleged perpetrators of violence are not facing timely consequences.
As expected, the team found that lightning at Sakurajima occurred in plumes replete with ash.
It starts off like any other Lana tune, replete with minor chords and humming, distorted vocals.
That's why medical teams, replete with Life Flight helicopters, are always on standby at tour events.
Since the film is set in the 19th century, Jones was outfitted in a series of Victorian era gowns, replete with bodice and bustle.
A cursory glance back on American history and the instances of such practice are replete.
His team is replete with loyalists in the White House, and senior cabinet officers who lack the clout of their predecessors.
It may be that to some minds the ball room may be replete with temptations; but there are minds which find temptations everywhere.
It was a process replete with surprises, with revelations, with new understanding of nature itself as seen through the alien eyes.
No stanza of the poem is more replete than this with a vein of painfully sarcastic drollery.
What period of the world's history is more replete with great events affecting the welfare of the human race?
Their narratives are replete with errors and contain much romance.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse