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full name — complete name

collocationB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon

A person's complete name, including their first name and last name, and sometimes middle names.

Say it like a native

Textbook Please furnish your complete appellation.

Native Can I get your full name?

'Furnish your appellation' is absurd; 'full name' is the standard phrase.

Pattern: full name (noun phrase); someone's full name

In use

  • Please write your full name at the top of the form.daily life
  • In my country, people usually have a long full name, including both their parents' surnames.IELTS speaking

Common mistake

✗ Please write your fullname here.

✓ Please write your full name here.

Two words — 'full name'.

Common collocations

  • full name — your, write your, and address, legal

Don't confuse it

Contrast with 'first name' (given name) or 'last name' (family name), which are only parts of a full name.

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