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ful·ly fledged

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. full-fledged, fully fledgedadjective

    (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly

  2. full-fledged, fully fledgedadjective

    (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status

    "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party"

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  1. fully fledged

    Fully fledged generally refers to something or someone that has matured, developed, or reached full development or completion. It indicates that everything necessary for a particular status, function, or role is in place and fully operational.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fully fledged in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fully fledged in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fully fledged in a Sentence

  1. Anne Itto:

    Tomorrow he will be going Malakal to take care of the military issues, to make sure that things don't grow out of hand, what started between a couple of soldiers grew into fully fledged insecurity that has covered most of the city.

  2. Japhter Rugut:

    WADA wanted a fully fledged independent agency which is not a branch of the ministry or its department. An agency that is beyond influence from external forces.

  3. Japhter Rugut:

    We have fulfilled most of the WADA requirements, wADA wanted a fully fledged independent agency which is not a branch of the ministry or its department. An agency that is beyond influence from external forces.

  4. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:

    They have nothing to do with a religious community, they are a fully-fledged terrorist organisation... This cancer is different, this virus has spread everywhere, the business world is where they are the strongest. We will cut off all business links, all revenues of Gulen-linked business. We are not going to show anyone any mercy.

  5. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon:

    The UK Government recognised it would take time for the ANDSF to develop into a fully-fledged fighting force capable of providing complete security for the people of Afghanistan, we have now concluded that we should maintain the scale of the UK's current military mission in the country in 2016, to help build a secure and stable Afghanistan. The scope and role of the UK mission are unchanged.

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