full marks
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Meaning · English
Highest praise or full approval
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Lời khen ngợi cao nhất hoặc sự chấp thuận hoàn toàn
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: complete score
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Full marks to Business for analysing the performance of Top 1000 companies in which the roles of chairman and chief executive are combined (Inside Business, May).
Full marks go to the costume and set designers.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “full marks” mean?
Highest praise or full approval Literally: complete score
Is “full marks” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.