Definition of "fully-fledged" []

• Having all its flight feathers and ready to fly (adjective)
• Having reached maturity (adjective)
• Having reached full rank or status (adjective)

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• "And third, some emerging markets, in spite of IMF help, may have a fully-fledged financial crisis."
• "By 15, I was a fully-fledged addict and alcoholic and once beat the members of our local football team in a drinking competition."
• "As part of a complex agreement signed in August 2009 to forge a joint company, Europe's largest auto maker and Porsche's holding firm mutually granted each other put and call options for a possible slice of Porsche's sports-car business if the decision on a fully-fledged merger couldn't be reached by the end of 2011 as initially planned."