adj
Meaning 1
Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
plenary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈpliːnəɹi/
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US: /ˈpliːnəɹi/
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US: /ˈplɛnəɹi/
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adj
Meaning 2
Complete; full; entire; absolute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law, lifestyle, religion, theology
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noun
Meaning 3
A plenary session.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary.
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noun
Meaning 4
Part of a lesson, usually at or towards the end, designed to review or evaluate the learning that has taken place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
full in all respects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a plenary session of the legislature
- a diplomat with plenary powers
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History
Etymology
From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: լիակազմ (liakazm) — fully attended
- Armenian: պլենար (plenar) — fully attended
- Azerbaijani: plenar — fully attended
- Azerbaijani: geniş — fully attended
- Basque: osoko — fully attended
- Belarusian: плена́рны (pljenárny) — fully attended
- Bulgarian: плена́рен (plenáren) — fully attended
- Catalan: plenari — fully attended
- Chinese Mandarin: 全體出席的 /全体出席的 (quántǐ chūxí de) — fully attended
- Czech: valný — fully attended
- Czech: plenární — fully attended
- Dutch: plenair — fully attended
- Finnish: täys- — fully attended
- French: plénier — fully attended
- Georgian: პლენარული (ṗlenaruli) — fully attended
- German: Plenar- — fully attended
- German: Voll- — fully attended
- Greek: ολομελής (olomelís) — fully attended
- Indonesian: lengkap — fully attended
- Indonesian: paripurna — fully attended
- Indonesian: pleno — fully attended
- Italian: plenario — fully attended
- Persian: عمومی ('omumi) — fully attended
- Polish: plenarny — fully attended
- Polish: walny — fully attended
- Portuguese: plenário — fully attended
- Romanian: plenar — fully attended
- Russian: плена́рный (plenárnyj) — fully attended
- Spanish: plenario — fully attended
- Tajik: пленарӣ (plenari) — fully attended
- Ukrainian: плена́рний (plenárnyj) — fully attended
- Vietnamese: toàn thể — fully attended
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