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plenary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpliːnəɹi/ (US)
• /ˈpliːnəɹi/ (UK)
• /ˈplɛnəɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).

Meanings

1. Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
2. Complete; full; entire; absolute.
   • The method of treating a subject should be plenary or full. 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:

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Deriveds

plenary power · plenariness · plenary council · plenary indulgence · plenary session · plenarily · plenary talk · plenary court · plenary speaker

Translations (32)

fr plénier (fully attended) · cs plenární (fully attended) · cmn 全體出席的 /全体出席的 (fully attended) · id pleno (fully attended) · bg плена́рен (fully attended) · de Plenar- (fully attended) · id paripurna (fully attended) · cs valný (fully attended) · az geniş (fully attended) · de Voll- (fully attended) · uk плена́рний (fully attended) · az plenar (fully attended) · es plenario (fully attended) · el ολομελής (fully attended) · vi toàn thể (fully attended) · fa عمومی (fully attended) · pl walny (fully attended) · pt plenário (fully attended) · ru плена́рный (fully attended) · tg пленарӣ (fully attended) · it plenario (fully attended) · eu osoko (fully attended) · hy պլենար (fully attended) · id lengkap (fully attended) · hy լիակազմ (fully attended) · be плена́рны (fully attended) · nl plenair (fully attended) · pl plenarny (fully attended) · ro plenar (fully attended) · ka პლენარული (fully attended) · ca plenari (fully attended) · fi täys- (fully attended)

plenary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈpliːnəɹi/ (US)
• /ˈpliːnəɹi/ (UK)
• /ˈplɛnəɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).

Meanings

1. A plenary session.
   • After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary.
2. Part of a lesson, usually at or towards the end, designed to review or evaluate the learning that has taken place.
   • Alternatively, the plenary may be used as preparation for the next lesson, and it might support the children to discuss some vocabulary with the TA to help them prepare. 2004, Brian Sharp, Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: Maths, →ISBN, page 114:
   • A good plenary doesn't just consolidate learning in that one lesson; it provides feedback for the teacher across a period of time and offers the chance to resolve any misconceptions. 2010, Caroline Bentley-Davies, How to be an amazing teacher, →ISBN:
   • During the plenary the teacher wanted to consolidate this by getting pupils to use and apply what they had learned and also to discuss the calculating strategies they would use in different situations. 2013, Richard English, Maths and ICT in the Primary School: A Creative Approach, →ISBN, page 30:

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