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Dictionary: re·plete   (rĭ-plēt') pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Abundantly supplied; abounding: a stream replete with trout; an apartment replete with Empire furniture.
  2. Filled to satiation; gorged.
  3. Usage Problem. Complete: a computer system replete with color monitor, printer, and software.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin replētus, past participle of replēre, to refill : re-, re- + plēre, to fill.]

repleteness re·plete'ness n.

USAGE NOTE   Replete means “abundantly supplied” and is not generally accepted as a synonym for complete.


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Thesaurus: replete
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adjective

  1. Full of animation and activity: alive, rife. See big/small/amount, rich/poor.
  2. Completely filled: brimful, brimming, bursting, chockablock, full, packed. See full/empty/capacity.

 
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adj

Definition: full, well-stocked
Antonyms: empty, needy, wanting


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Full to the uttermost.

pronunciation Oh, Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616

 
Translations: Replete
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fyldt med, spækket med, behageligt mæt

Nederlands (Dutch)
overvloeiend, verzadigd

Français (French)
adj. - rassasié, rempli

Deutsch (German)
adj. - reich , satt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γεμάτος, υπερπλήρης, ξέχειλος

Italiano (Italian)
pieno, sazio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - repleto

Русский (Russian)
наполненный, изобильный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - repleto, lleno

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - komplett, proppfull, stinn

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
装满的, 充分的, 充满的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 裝滿的, 充分的, 充滿的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 충만한, 충분히, 포만한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 満たされた, 十分備えた, 満腹した, 充満した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفعم, متخم, بدين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גדוש, דחוס, שבע, מלא‬


 
 
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