repletion
pronunciation
How to pronounce repletion in British English:
UK [rɪ'pli:ʃən]
How to pronounce repletion in American English:
US [rɪ'pliʃən]
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- Noun:
- the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
- eating until excessively full
Word Origin
- repletion (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French repletion, replection (early 14c.) or directly from Late Latin repletionem (nominative repletio), noun of action from past participle stem of replere "to fill" (see replete).
Example
- 1. But all men are special toilet repletion .
- 2. Hours later , gorged to repletion , he awoke .
- 3. Intravenous phosphate in the intensive care unit : more aggressive repletion regimens for moderate and severe hypophosphatemia .
- 4. Only the grade b dish of each class was filled to repletion in a huge enamel basin , so it was obvious that most of the people were eating this neither extravagant nor over-frugal dish .
- 5. True happiness is not staying in the bright . Staring at the bright from a distance , and making every effort to run towards it , only at the desperately and selflessly time , you can achieve the true repletion of life .