plenary
pronunciation
How to pronounce plenary in British English:
UK [ˈpli:nəri]
How to pronounce plenary in American English:
US [ˈplinəri, ˈplɛnə-]
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- Adjective:
- full in all respects
Word Origin
- plenary (adj.)
- 1510s, earlier plenar (mid-13c.), from Old French plenier, from Medieval Latin plenarius "entire, complete," from Latin plenus "full, filled, greatly crowded; stout, pregnant; abundant, abounding; complete," from PIE *pele- (1) "to fill" (see poly-). Related: Plenarily.
Example
- 1. With inadvertent silliness , north korea had earlier chaired a un plenary session on disarmament .
- 2. The premier shall convene and preside over the plenary and executive meetings of the state council .
- 3. Had written , in a letter to the plenary assembly of the central committee , that he supported gorbachev .
- 4. And so , again very much in theory , the plenary sessions of the cop should be its grand events .
- 5. At its plenary meeting in south korea next month , the 194 national governments that control the ipcc must push through a thorough overhaul of management and procedures .