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complete
[ kuhm-pleet ]
adjective
a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
a complete orbit.
- having all the required or customary characteristics, skills, or the like; consummate; perfect in kind or quality:
a complete scholar.
Antonyms:
- thorough; entire; total; undivided, uncompromised, or unmodified:
a complete victory;
a complete mess.
- Grammar. having all modifying or complementary elements included: Compare simple ( def 20 ).
The complete subject of “The dappled pony gazed over the fence” is “The dappled pony.”
- Also completed. Football. (of a forward pass) caught by a receiver.
- Logic. (of a set of axioms) such that every true proposition able to be formulated in terms of the basic ideas of a given system is deducible from the set. Compare incomplete ( def 4b ).
- Engineering. noting a determinate truss having the least number of members required to connect the panel points so as to form a system of triangles. Compare incomplete ( def 3 ), redundant ( def 7c ).
- Mathematics.
- of or relating to an algebraic system, as a field with an order relation defined on it, in which every set of elements of the system has a least upper bound.
- of or relating to a set in which every fundamental sequence converges to an element of the set. Compare fundamental sequence ( def ).
- (of a lattice) having the property that every subset has a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound.
verb (used with object)
- to make whole or entire:
I need three more words to complete the puzzle.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- to make perfect:
His parting look of impotent rage completed my revenge.
- to bring to an end; finish:
Has he completed his new novel yet?
- to consummate.
- Football. to execute (a forward pass) successfully:
He completed 17 passes in 33 attempts.
complete
/ əˈː /
adjective
- having every necessary part or element; entire
- ended; finished
- prenominal thorough; absolute
he is a complete rogue
- perfect in quality or kind
he is a complete scholar
- (of a logical system) constituted such that a contradiction arises on the addition of any proposition that cannot be deduced from the axioms of the system Compare consistent
- (of flowers) having sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels
- archaic.expert or skilled; accomplished
verb
- to make whole or perfect
- to end; finish
- (in land law) to pay any outstanding balance on a contract for the conveyance of land in exchange for the title deeds, so that the ownership of the land changes hands
- American football (of a quarterback) to make a forward pass successfully
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- dzˈپDz, noun
- dzˈٱ, adverb
- dzˈٱ, noun
- dzˈپ, adjective
- dzˈٱԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- dz··· adjective
- dz···Ա noun
- dz·ٱ· adverb
- dz·ٱ·Ա noun
- dz·· noun
- dz··پ adjective
- dz··پ·ly adverb
- -dz·· adjective
- pre·dz·ٱ·Ա noun
- ܲ·-dz·ٱ adjective
- ܲ·dz·ٱ adjective
- sub·dz·ٱ·Ա noun
- un·dz··· adjective
- ܲ·dz·ٱ adjective
- un·dz·ٱ·Ա noun
- ܲ·dz·· adjective
- ɱ-dz·· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of complete1
Example Sentences
Prof O'Neill - who previously told Holyrood's education committee as many as 700 posts might have to go - said a number of steps still needed to be completed for the new proposals to work.
It has completed the process of gathering evidence and was due to hear closing submissions before Lord Bracadale begins the task of reaching his conclusions.
A woman with stage four brain cancer who has outlasted her doctors' life expectancy predictions has completed the London Marathon.
All the filings were signed by the PAC’s treasurer saying that “to the best of my knowledge and belief” the information “is true, correct and complete.”
Power completed the gruelling 340-mile route in three days 12 hours and eight minutes, smashing the previous record set by Mimi Anderson by more than three hours.
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What are other ways to say complete?
Something that is complete has all its parts or elements, or has been finished or concluded. How does complete compare to synonyms entire, intact, and perfect? Find out on .
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