Meaning of full ride | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A scholarship that covers all tuition, and in some cases fees or other educational and living expenses as well.
   idiomatic
2. A total and complete experience of something.
   idiomatic
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see full, ride.

Examples

“The Ivy Group and the Big Ten were the most notable conferences to initially avoid full ride scholarships.”

“If you showed half the interest in school as most of the kids, you could get a full ride to any college in the country.”

“For some reason, his college counselor saw talent in Ron that he didn't see himself, and when the SAT scores came out, Ron was offered a full ride to Louisiana State.”

“But because we didn't have any money, the notion of applying to a college that specialized in theater— by that time the die was fully cast—seemed a waste of time unless I was going to get a full ride.”

“You had better get off your ass and be my husband because I signed on for the full ride.”

“Only this time, I knew I was going for the full ride. The only thing was that I didn't know was what kind of ride I was going on.”

“Advanced readers may, as a result, wish to read selectively, but we believe that novices will benefit from taking the full ride.”

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