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full-scale

 
 
/ˌfʊlˈskeɪl/ adjective [always before noun]

Translation

LARGE very large or serious and involving everything that is possible or expected
geniş kapsamlı/çaplı; herşeyi içeren
a full-scale investigation The violence has developed into a full-scale war.19221796
MODEL A full-scale model is the same size as the original thing that it is representing.
tam boy, özgün boyutta/ölçülerde
19221333
(Definition of full-scale adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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