1. Suitable for formal occasions
   "a full-dress uniform";
   - dress
    
2. (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
   "a full-dress ceremony";
   - dress
    
3. Complete in every respect
   "a full-dress debate"; "a full-dress investigation"

1. Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
   "He wore white tie and full dress to the gala";
   - dress suit, tailcoat, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails

See also: complete, formal

Type of: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear

Encyclopedia: Full-dress