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# replete

adjective (replete) — formal

«replete» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Replete with something means full of it or well supplied with it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#m1)
2. (formal) Replete can also mean very full after eating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#m2)

### In the lessons

In the stiff exam or book voice it says something has lots of something: «a story replete with adventure». Children meet it in classic books and reading tests; in everyday talk people say «full of» instead. Phrases: «replete with», «feeling replete».

### Examples

- The museum is replete with dinosaur bones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#x1)
- After the huge Christmas dinner, we all sat back, replete. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#x2)
- The garden was replete with flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#x3)
- His essay was replete with spelling mistakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#x4)
- The old castle is replete with secret passages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#x5)
- In plain words, replete with means full of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#x6)
- In choosing for him a task so replete with danger, Eurystheus was in hopes that he might rid himself for ever of his hated cousin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/#x7)

### Note

Formal word; normally used with «with». In everyday speech «full of» is better. Do not confuse with «deplete» (to use up), which is almost the opposite.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «replete» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replete/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«replete» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/replete.html) on Mova free.