full-dress

Definitions of full-dress
  1. adjective
    (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
    synonyms: dress
    formal
    being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
  2. adjective
    suitable for formal occasions
    synonyms: dress
    formal
    being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
  3. adjective
    complete in every respect
    “a full-dress debate”
    “a full-dress investigation”
    synonyms:
    complete
    having every necessary or normal part or component or step
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